THE RASPBERRY. 



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small mound of earth against the bottom of the stems before 

 laying them down, to bend upon and prevent breaking. This 

 covering is removed early in spring. It will be found to 

 prove very useful even when not necessary to prevent winter- 

 killing, by rendering the crop larger and more certain. 



A plantation of raspberries will continue in bearing five or 



FIG. 794. Staked Canes. 



FIG. 795. Wired Canes. 



six years, when it should be renewed. If it remain longer, 

 the fruit becomes small, and the crop gradually declines. 

 Nearly the same varieties succeed in the different States of 

 the Union. The foreign or Antwerp raspberries are worthless 

 in most places South. 



PLANTING FOR MARKET. 



William Parry, who cultivates extensive plantations of the 

 raspberry near Philadelphia, gives the following directions 

 for their management : 



" Plough and prepare the ground as for potatoes or othel 

 crops ; mark the rows six feet apart, and set the plants three 

 feet distant in the rows, requiring about twenty-five hundred 

 plants to the acre. The tops should be cut down to within a 

 few inches of the ground, that the roots may become well es- 

 tablished before they are required to supply nourishment for 

 long tops of green foliage. Carrots or potatoes may, with ad- 

 vantage, be grown between the rows the first year, after 

 which the raspberries will require the whole space. Stir the 

 ground frequently with horse and cultivator, to keep down 

 grass and weeds, being careful during the warm, dry weather 

 not to disturb the small roots feeding near the surface, by 

 deep culture near to the plants. The raspberries should be 

 carefully picked in small baskets not larger than pints, better 

 less. Both baskets and crates should be ventilated, so as to 

 allow the circulation of air to absorb the heat and moisture, 



