FORCING RASPBERRIES. 301 



highly esteemed, and, when produced early, 

 highly appreciated as a variety, deserves to be 

 noticed, as they will produce good crops of early 

 fruit of tolerable flavour, by forcing. Any of the 

 varieties will force, but the double bearing, both 

 red and white, and the red Antwerp, generally 

 prove very successful. 



The plants should be two or three years old, 

 having two, three, or four canes (young shoots 

 of the year) to each, and taken up from the 

 open ground, in the autumn previous to the 

 forcing, and potted in twenty-fours or sixteen 

 size pots, letting some of the earth remain about 

 the fibres : light rich loam or garden mould will 

 suit for potting them in. If potted early in Oc- 

 tober, they will take fresh root almost imme- 

 diately, which will greatly strengthen them by 

 the forcing season, and cause them to set their 

 fruit more freely, and likewise to become much 

 finer than when potted late in the season, or 

 immediately previous to forcing. The plants ' 

 after potting should be placed in a sheltered 

 situation during the winter months, until they 

 are removed to the forcing house. 



