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We have sometimes taken up the plants in the fall, 

 and buried them in sand, and on the earliest opening 

 of spring set them out with care, and in this way have 

 raised extraordinary crops ; but we have not proved 

 this last process so fully as to incur the responsibility of 

 recommending it. It would require to be very care- 

 fully done, so as to preserve all the fibrous roots, to- 

 gether with the advantage of favorable soil, for it to 

 succeed so well. 



The raspberry is used in a variety of ways, viz. : for 

 the hand, the table, pies, tarts, jelly, jam, ices, syrups, 

 brandy, wine, and vinegar. 



The profits of production are very large ; often, in 

 the vicinity of New York, selling for from $500 to 

 $600 per acre. From Milton, Ulster County, it is said 

 $10,000 worth is sent every year to New York market. 

 The usual price is about one shilling per pint. 



They will continue in bearing some five or six years, 

 but will not be in perfection, ordinarily, until the third 

 year after planting. 



We will name but a few established varieties. Dr. 

 Brinckle', of Philadelphia, and some others, have gained 

 much credit with their fine seedlings, but how exten- 

 sively they have been proved, or if any of them sur- 

 pass the Fastolfj Franconia, Antwerp, &c., we are unable 

 to say. The '" Colonel Wilder" and some other seed- 

 lings are said to be perfectly hardy ; and if that is the 



