VI. LIST OF FRUITS. 



the fall of the year, and new shoots come up again out 

 of the ground in the spring, much about after the man- 

 ner of fern. These shoots bear the first year, though 

 they do not make their appearance above ground until 

 June j and where the land is clear of high trees, and 

 where the August sun has shrivelled up the leaves of the 

 raspberries, these shrubs form a sheet of red for scores 

 of miles at a stretch. They are the summer fruit of the 

 wild pigeon, and of a great variety of other birds. I 

 once thought that raspberries would never bear upon the 

 shoot of the year in England j but I have frequently, of 

 late years, seen them bear upon such shoots. The stems 

 of raspberries should be prevented from bending down, 

 when loaded with leaves and with fruit, by stakes put 

 along the sides of the rows, and by little rods tied to 

 these stakes. Every stool will send ont, during summer, 

 a great number of shoots. When the leaf is down, 

 these should be all taken away, except about four to pro- 

 duce fruit the next year. The shoots that have borne 

 during the summer, die in the autumn : these should also 

 be removed j and, in November, and again in March, all 

 the ground should be well and truly digged ; and the 

 weeds should be kept down completely during the whole 

 of the summer. One manuring in three years will be 

 sufficient. The common little raspberry is ^>ut a poorish 

 thing j and every one should take care to have the 

 Antwerp if possible. Raspberries, when gathered, will- 

 not bear much keeping or pressing : they are a very de- 

 licious fruit when taken at the proper time j but, if put 

 together in too great quantities, whether they be gathered 

 carefully or not, they will taste badly directly, and, in 

 twelve hours, they will be sour. Raspberries, like cuf- 



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