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upon getting from eight to twelve cents a quart for 

 his crop, will have no trouble in making red raspber- 

 ries pay. There is generally less likelihood of glut- 

 ting the markets with reds than with blacks, but 

 their smaller yield and poorer shipping qualities tend 

 to render their profitableness uncertain if the vicissi- 

 tudes of a city market at any distance from home 

 must be depended on. 



The entire cost of cultivation, rent of land, fertil- 

 izers, etc., need never exceed fifty dollars per acre. 

 The cost of picking and marketing will range from 

 two to four cents per quart, usually, so that if the 

 crop can be made to net five cents a quart after de- 

 ducting cost of picking and marketing, there will still 

 be left a profit of about sixty dollars per acre, with 

 the average yield mentioned above. It will be readily 

 seen that this is a very conservative estimate, and by 

 no means equal to the results often obtained. 



NOTE ON THE HYBRID REDS 



There are really two classes of plants embraced in 

 this hybrid group. One of these propagates naturally 

 almost wholly by tips, like the black -caps. This is the 

 true Rubus neglectus, or Purple Cane type, and it is to 

 this class that the old Purple Cane, Shaffer, Colum- 

 bian and others belong. These demand the same 

 methods of planting, pruning and care as that given 

 to the black -caps. The other class propagates chiefly 

 by suckers, but can be made to root from the tips 

 with proper care. These are essentially red raspber- 



