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Success with Small Fruits. 



but certain strong-growing raspberries, like the Cuthbert, Herstine, 

 and Turner, should not be over-fertilized. Some kinds demand good, 

 clean culture, rather than a richness that would cause too great a 

 growth of cane and foliage. In contrast, the feebler growing kinds, 

 like the Brandywine, and most of the foreign varieties, require abun- 

 dance of manure. Muck, sweetened by lime and frost, is one of the 

 simplest and best ; but anything will answer that is not too full of heat 

 and ferment. Like the strawberry, the raspberry needs cool manures 

 that have "staying" qualities. Unlike the former fruit, however, the 

 raspberry does well in partial shade, such as that furnished by the 

 northern side of a fence, hedge, etc., by a pear or even apple orchard, 

 if the trees still permit wide intervals of open sky. The red varieties, 

 especially those of the foreign type, much prefer moist, heavy soils ; but 

 the black-caps do quite as well on light ground, if moisture can be 

 maintained. The latter, also, can be grown farther south than any 

 other species ; but below the latitude of New York, those containing 

 foreign elements begin to fail rapidly, until, at last, a point is reached 

 where even the most vigorous native red varieties refuse to live. If the 



climate, however, is tempered 

 by height above the sea, as in 

 the mountains of Georgia, 

 they will thrive abundantly. 



I prefer fall planting for 

 raspberries, especially in 

 southern latitudes, for these 

 reasons : At the points where 

 the roots branch (see Fig. A), 

 are buds which make the 

 future stems or canes. In the 

 fall, these are dormant, small, 

 and not easily broken off, as 

 in Fig. B ; but they start early 

 in spring, and if planting is 

 delayed, these become so long 

 and brittle that the utmost 



Spring and Fall Plants. 



care can scarcely save them. If rubbed off, the development of good 

 bearing canes is often deferred a year, although the plants may live 

 and fill the ground with roots. The more growth a raspberry plant 

 has made when set out in spring, the greater the probability that it will 

 receive a check, from which it will never recover. 



