Suggestions on Planting 9 



pounds of ground bone and 100 pounds of muriate of 

 potash, to be supplemented with nitrogen as needed. 



SUGGESTIONS ON PLANTING 



Planting may be done in spring or fall. Each time has 

 its advantages. In fall planting the work can be con- 

 ducted more leisurely and when the ground is in the right 

 condition. In spring there is always a rush of work and 

 often the ground is too wet to work well until the season 

 is late. If mulched with manure or earth, fall-set plants 

 will generally go through the winter in safety. When 

 spring opens such a plant is ready to beign growth at 

 once. In regions of excessive or deficient rainfall, fall 

 planting is less likely to succeed. In the one case plants 

 are often lifted by heaving; in the other they may suffer 

 from winter drought. Spring planting, if done early and 

 under proper conditions, is always safe and often best. It 

 is particularly best for black-caps and dewberries. A 

 point worth remembering is that the soil is much more 

 easily worked following spring planting than following fall 

 planting. This may materially affect the cost of the first 

 season's care. Currants and gooseberries begin growth 

 so early that it is more difficult to get them in on time. 

 The young shoots which spring up from black raspberry 

 tips are very tender and easily broken when started, hence 

 late spring planting should be avoided. 



For increasing a stock of red raspberries or blackberries 

 on one's own grounds, young shoots of the present sea- 

 son's growth may be used with good results. Transplant 

 them like cabbage plants any time after they are four 



