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The Crimson Beauty is an instance of a variety 

 which, while possessing many good points, proved a 

 practical failure over the country at large, mainly owing 

 to its inability to properly fecundate its own blossoms. 



TILLAGE 



The cultivation of red raspberries should be such 

 that it will not only keep the ground loose and friable, 

 thus diminishing evaporation and unlocking plant -food, 

 but will also destroy the suckers. To this end a culti- 

 vator with teeth square on the end instead of pointed, 

 or with a knife attachment, as explained in the discus- 

 sion of tools, is of great advantage. Of course this 

 assumes that the object is fruit, and does not apply to 

 the man who is growing plants for sale. In spite of 

 the repetition, perhaps attention ought again to be 

 called to the very great importance of frequent cultiva- 

 tion, up to the time of ripening. This alone may easily 

 add 50 per cent to the quality and quantity of the crop. 

 As already stated, this is the best substitute for irriga- 

 tion, and in many cases is nearly equal to it. Late 

 tillage, up to the time of frost, gives especially good 

 results with the red raspberry, and no one need fear 

 to keep the cultivator going until that time in most 

 localities. 



PRUNING 



In the pruning of red raspberries, the practice of 

 growers is widely at variance, especially with regard 

 to the summer pruning. A few years ago the com- 

 mon advice, or rather, perhaps, that which appeared 



