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feet apart ; those in the third and fourth, three feet and 

 a half; and those in fifth and sixth, three feet. In 

 planting, young suckers should be made choice of; and 

 if in plenty, three of these should be allowed to each 

 stool, placing them in a triangle of six inches apart. If 

 fruit are not wanted the first year, the plants will gain 

 considerable strength by being cut down within six 

 inches of the ground as soon as planted, instead of leav- 

 ing them three or four feet high in order to obtain from 

 them a crop of fruit. 



In selecting the sorts for the above six rows, it is 

 intended only to show their arrangement as far as 

 regards their relative heights, not as a proper proportion 

 of each ; because a single row of yellow-fruited will 

 not, by many, be deemed sufficient for five rows of 

 red. 



When a larger collection is intended to be planted 

 out, the additional varieties may readily be placed so as 

 to correspond with those which I have selected as a 

 specimen. 



After the stools are established, and fruit of the 

 largest size acquired, care must be taken to select the 

 strongest canes, and a few of these only from each 

 plant, in proportion to its strength, shortening each to 

 about four-fifths of its original height : these should be 

 supported singly by a small stake to each. For general 

 purposes stakes are unnecessary, as three, four, five, or 

 six canes from the same stool may be tied together on 

 their tip-ends : this may be done so as to give each 

 cane a bow-like direction, which will give much more 

 room for their laterals to grow than if tied up in a more 

 perpendicular manner. 



As a succession of this very favourite fruit must 

 always be desirable in the dessert, it may be prolonged 

 considerably beyond its usual time by cutting down 

 some of the stools wholly to within a few inches of the 



