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another, while for canning and cooking the raspberry and black- 

 berry are certainly superior to the strawberry. 



Any good corn laud is good enough for these fruits. The plants 

 for convenience should be set in rows — raspberries two feet and a 

 half and blackberries three feet apart. The rows of the former 

 should be at least five feet apart and of the latter six or seven. 

 The cap varieties of raspberries should be set in rows at least 

 seven feet apart- 



The suckers form in the fall and are ready to push up through 

 the soil early in the spring. For this reason it is much better to 

 set the plants in the fall, from the middle of September to the 

 middle of October. In setting cut the canes back to a foot in 

 length or even less. The Cap varieties do better when set in the 

 spring. The ground about them should be frequently cultivated, 

 and only three or four of the new suckers should be allowed to 

 grow. When the canes are about three feet high pinch off the 

 terminal bud. This is the point where the most failures conae in 

 raising raspberries and blackberries. Permit not more than four 

 or five canes to grow and then pinch them back. In the fall or 

 early in the spring the growth of the previous year can be cut out 

 and taken away. Bone meal and wood ashes make the best fertil- 

 izer, but "I have never seen a place too rich for these fruits if the 

 rules for thinning out and pinching back are only followed." 



The Cuthbert is the most popular market variety, though it is 

 not so hardy and it will kill down occasionally, but the fruit is large 

 and very handsome. The Turner is hardy but more like the 

 natives. The fruit is smaller but the fl ivor is better. It will 

 often bear when the Cuthbert has been winter-killed and is a little 

 earlier. The Golden Queen is a seedling of the Cuthbert with sim- 

 ilar habits of growth and general appearance. Of blackberries 

 there are only two kinds which can be recommended. These are 

 Snyder and Agawam Both are hardy, the latter a little sweeter 

 but more likely to have a bitter flavor. 



Currants and gooseberries need the old wood trimmed out fre- 

 quently, but enjoy a ricb, moist soil. The old fashioned currant is 

 one of the best in flavor though it is very much smaller than some 

 of the newer sorts. Fay's Prolific is a large fruited kind and is 

 regarded as one of the best, while the White Grape is the best 

 white kind. 



Of gooseberries the Houghton is very much like the wild goose- 

 berry in its habits but it is much larger and of better quality. 



