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Contents 



CHAPTER III 



BLACK RASPBERRIES 



Soil for black-caps, 60 Location, 61 Fertilizers, 62 

 Propagation, 64 Planting, 66 Tillage, 69 Prun- 

 ing, 70 Harvesting, 73 Methods of drying, 76 

 Marketing, 82 Duration of plantations, 82 

 Clearing the ground, 83 Yields, 84 Usual profits, 



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 60-87 



CHAPTER IV 



THE BLACKBERRIES 



Soil, 88 Fertilizers, 89 Propagation, 91 Planting, 

 94 Tillage and mulching, 97 Pruning, 100 Har- 

 vesting and marketing, 102 Uses, 103 Lessening 

 the effects of drought, 107 Duration of plantations, 

 109 Removing the plants, 109 Hardiness, 110 

 Yields, 111 Profits, 113 The evergreen black- 

 berries, 117. 



88-118 



CHAPTER V 



THE DEWBERRIES 



Soil, 124 Location, 124 Fertilizers, 124 Propaga- 

 tion, 125 Planting, 125 Tillage, 126 Pruning and 

 training, 127 Harvesting and marketing, 129 

 Duration of plantations, 129 Killing out the patch, 

 129 Hardiness, 130 Yield, 130 Profits, 131 The 

 western dewberries, 131. 



119-133 



CHAPTER VI 



MISCELLANEOUS BRAMBLES 134-146 



The Oriental raspberries, 134 (The mayberry, the 

 strawberry-raspberry, the wineberry, the Chinese 



