THE RASPBERRY. 1 17 



a sure cropper under good treatment, excellent as 

 a table fruit after strawberries are gone, and sells well 

 in the markets. It is sold in smaller boxes than 

 those used for strawberries, as it is a softer fruit. 

 Having no core it is likely to suffer injury from its 

 own weight if carried in boxes holding more than a 

 pint. Small boxes are made especially for raspberries. 



In setting out a raspberry bed it is proper to select 

 a deep, loamy soil, and to enrich it generously with 

 good manure. The rows should be not less than five 

 feet apart, and the roots two to three feet apart in the 

 rows. In a large plantation I should make the rows 

 six feet apart, for ease in culture and to get more air ; 

 still five feet will answer very well. Some growers set 

 raspberries so they can be cultivated both ways. Po- 

 tatoes or corn can be planted the wide way the first two 

 years or at least one year. The black varieties multi- 

 ply by rooting at the tips of the shoots, and, if not kept 

 in or near the parental rows, the tips will soon take 

 possession of the entire soil of the alleys. 



Cultivation and plowing among raspberries and 

 blackberries up to August and early in spring is what 

 gives fruit in largest quantities and of best quality. 



Some growers use stakes 

 or wire trellises, or a single or 

 double wire stretched along 

 the rows to support the canes, 

 but a far better plan is to trim 

 the canes in such a manner that they will need no 

 support. This can be done by pinching off the 

 young canes during the growing season at a height of 

 about two to three feet above the ground, encouraging 

 strength of cane as well as a branching habit. It is 



