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just as truly as are the ones upon which they live, 

 and their seeds (spores) are just as certain to germi- 

 nate and grow if given the proper conditions. 



If black -cap raspberries are to be planted in rows, 

 three feet in the row, with rows six feet apart, will 

 be found satisfactory distances. Some prefer rows 

 seven feet apart, and for very strong -growing varie- 

 ties this is no doubt better. If in hills, they should 

 be not less than five feet apart each way, which may 

 do for weak and slender -growing varieties, but as a 

 rule six feet is much better. Black -caps are more 

 easily kept in good condition in rows than red rasp- 

 berries and blackberries, but there is the intermediate 

 space between the plants to be kept clean by hand, 

 so that it is unquestionably more expensive to care 

 for an acre thus planted than when in hills far 

 enough apart to admit of horse cultivation both ways. 

 Larger and finer fruit can also be obtained from 

 hills farther apart, with thorough cultivation on all 

 sides. The only question is the yield, and those who 

 have tried it most thoroughly are most confident that 

 the yield is fully as good in hills as in rows. 



TILLAGE 



The importance of frequent, thorough cultivation 

 has been so strongly urged in connection with each of 

 the other fruits that a repetition is uncalled for here, 

 although just as applicable to this as to all the others. 

 Since there are no suckers to be cut out in black -caps, 

 it matters less what the style of the cultivator is, if it 



