PART II 

 THE BRAMBLES 



CHAPTER II 

 THE RED RASPBERRIES 



THKEE types of fruit are included in this discussion of 

 the red raspberry the foreign or European class, the true 

 American reds, and the hybrid or purple-cane group. 

 These types are not clearly defined. The American and 

 European types are very similar in many respects, while 

 the hybrid type includes varieties of nearly all gradations 

 between the reds and the black-caps. Typical varieties 

 of the first class are Antwerp and Fontenay, of the second, 

 Cuthbert, and of the third Shaffer and Columbian. 



SOIL 



The red raspberry is not fastidious as regards soils. 



It can be made to thrive on almost any average land, 



though extremes of any kind are naturally to be avoided. 



An upland, sandy, or clay loam will prove satisfactory if 



well drained. The impression has been general that the 



lighter loams are best, but Wilson found in a study of the 



raspberry industry of New York 1 that plantations on 



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