CONTENTS 

 PART I 



GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 

 CHAPTER I 



PAGES 



INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION 1_42 



The location, 3 The land, 4 Fertilizers, 6 Suggestions on 

 planting, 8 Management of the land, 12 Tillage tools, 

 15 Pruning, 16 Winter killing, 19 Propagation, 25 

 Thinning the fruit, 27- Effect of spraying on pollination, 

 27 Forcing raspberries and blackberries, 28 Suggestions 

 on picking, 29 Packages and marketing, 32 Remarks on 

 crossing berries, 36. 



PART II 



THE BRAMBLES 



CHAPTER II 



THE RED RASPBERRIES 43-60 



Soil, 43-Location, 44- Fertilizers, 45 -Propagation, 45- 

 Planting, 46 Pollination, 48 Tillage, 49 Pruning, 49 

 Autumn fruiting, 52 Harvesting and marketing, 53 Uses, 

 54 Duration of plantations, 55 Hardiness, 57 Yields 

 58 Normal profits, 58 Note on the hybrid reds, 59. 



CHAPTER III 



BLACK RASPBERRIES 61-105 



Soil for black-caps, 61 Location, 62 Fertilizers, 63 Propa- 

 gation, 65 Planting, 67 Tillage, 69 Pruning, 70- Har- 

 vesting, 74 Methods of drying, 77 (drying out of doors, 

 drying under glass, drying with evaporatois) Marketing, 

 82 The evaporated raspberry industry, 83 Duration of 

 plantations, 99 Clearing the ground, 99 Hardiness of 

 black-caps, 100-Yields, 101-Usual profits, 103. 



