NUMBER OF CROPS 99 



although the Gregg is crowding it out and properly so, I think 

 in many of the best berry sections. There are no close com- 

 petitors of these two varieties for evaporating purposes. The 

 red varietieties are seldom evaporated, because there is little 

 demand for the product, they consume much time on the tray, and 

 too many berries are required to make a pound. Shaffer is more 

 frequently dried, although it has no conspicuous place in the 

 industry." 



DURATION OF PLANTATIONS 



The duration of a plantation has already been 

 touched upon in connection with the matter of prun- 

 ing, and, as there indicated, much will depend on the 

 system of cultivation and care. With ordinary high 

 culture, it is seldom advisable to harvest more than 

 four crops, and one of these, being the first crop, is 

 only a partial one. Of course the plants will continue 

 to bear much longer than this. It is merely a question 

 whether the grower can afford to continue the increased 

 amount of labor needed to keep an old plantation in 

 condition for the smaller yield of poorer fruit which he 

 is likely to get in return. 



CLEARING THE GROUND 



It is a comparatively simple matter to rid a piece 

 of ground of black raspberry plants, when they are 

 no longer wanted. Mow, rake together, and burn the 

 bushes after fruiting, then plow deep and thoroughly, 

 turning out all the berry stumps, and the work is 

 practically done. Some of them will throw up shoots 

 again when not thoroughly uprooted, but it is very 



