X CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IV 



THE BLACKBERRIES 106-131 



Soil, 106 Fertilizers, 107 Propagation of the blackberry, 

 108 Planting, 112 Tillage and mulching, 115-Pruning, 

 117 Harvesting and marketing, 119 Uses, 120-Duration 

 of plantations, 123 Killing the plants, 124-Hardiness, 

 125- Yield, 125-Proflts, 127. 



CHAPTER V 



THE DEWBERRIES 132-145 



Soil for dewberries, 135 Location, 137 Fertilizers, 138 

 Propagation, 138-Planting, 139 Tillage, 141 Pruning 

 and training, 141 Harvesting and marketing, 143 Dur- 

 ation of plantations, 143 Killing out the patch, 144 

 Hardiness, 144-Yield of dewberries, 145-Probable 

 profits, 145. 



CHAPTER VI 



MISCELLANEOUS BRAMBLES 146-156 



The oriental raspberries, 146 (the mayberry, the strawberry- 

 raspberry, the wineberry, the Chinese raspberry) Or- 

 namental species, 150 (Rubus odoratus, _K. parviflorus, 

 _B. cratcegifollus , H. arcticus, B. ph&nicolasitis, E. spec- 

 tabilis, H. laciniatus, double white and pink brambles). 



CHAPTER VII 



VARIETIES OF RASPBERRIES 157-218 



(I) Black raspberries, 158 Recommended varieties of black- 

 caps, 176 (II) The purple-cane raspberries, 177 Recom- 

 mended varieties, 184 (III) The American red raspberries, 

 184 History and future of the red raspberries, 186 Varie- 

 ties, 192 Recommended varieties, 199 (IV) The European 

 red raspberries, 199 Recommended varieties, 212 (V) 

 Unclassified varieties, 212 Recommended varieties, 218. 



CHAPTER VIII 



VARIETIES OF BLACKBERRIES AND DEWBERRIES 219-250 



A. The blackberries: History and future of the blackberry, 

 221- (I) The long-cluster blackberries, 226- (II) The 

 short-cluster blackberries, 232 (III) The leafy-cluster 



