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berries are not so impatient of shade as the strawberry, and may 

 be profitably raised in a pear, or young apple orchard, as their 

 cultivation will help the trees. 



The season can be greatly prolonged by planting early kinds 

 on the south, and late varieties on the north side of a wall or 

 piece of woods. 



Preparation of the Soil, Fertilizers, etc. 



What I have written under this head in the chapter upon 

 strawberries applies, with modifications, to all the small fruits. 

 Thorough preparation is the foundation of all certain success. 

 As the white grub does not injure the raspberry, it is necessary 

 to cultivate other crops before planting only long enough to 

 thoroughly subdue the grass and weeds, and to deeply pulverize 

 and enrich the land. Any good garden soil can be prepared for 

 the plants at once. 



For the foreign varieties, as the Franconia, the Antwerps, etc., 

 there is little danger of making the soil too rich. But ground 

 that will produce a heavy crop of corn will also yield large crops 

 of the hardy nati:ve and black raspberries. But in every case 

 there must be deep cultivation, thorough cleaning of the land, and 

 draining where there is any inclination to wetness. There is 

 not a garden in the country in which some varieties of raspber- 

 ries will not thrive. 



As a fertilizer, there is scarcely anything better than barn- 

 yard manure composted with muck that has been sweetened by 

 a winter's frost. The land should in all cases, if possible, be 

 prepared by deep plowing in the fall, and the manure can be 

 drawn directly from the stables and mixed thoroughly with the 

 soil, as at this cool season its heating qualities are an advantage 

 rather than an injury. If barnyard manure cannot be had, muck, 

 sweetened by the action of frost and mixed with lime, or better 

 still with ashes, is most excellent. 



In the treatment of different soils, light and heavy, the same 

 principles apply here as in the case of strawberries. Close up 



