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THE CUKRANT. 



Tlio cultivatidii of this fruit is so eiisy and 

 wcll-kuowu that it in waste of .space to d»Vell 

 ou it; but if fine, very largo berries are want- 

 ed, they must ho well-manured, and pruned 

 more or loss, cutting out all the suckers, and 

 (he old wood when it has borno a few years, 

 and pruning about a third off the ends of the 

 stronger young shoots annually, keeping up a 

 good supply of two-year-old wood for bearing. 



The following varieties are the best : — 



Black Naples. — This is the best black, being 

 thi^ largest and longest keeping, as also the 

 most hardy. 



White Dutch. — When got true, — which isdifli- 

 ciilt, — is the best white, both us regards flavor 

 iiud vigorous growth. 



White Grape. — Very large, beautiful, and fine. 



Cherry. — Red ; largest of all, a little too acid 

 and not just so hardy, but very beautiful and 

 good. 



Lon^Bunched Red Dutch ; Fertile de Paluau, 

 — These are nearly similar ; very large, fine, 

 and extremely productive. 



La Versaillaiae. — Red, very large, and abund- 

 ant bearer. 



Victoria or Houghton Castle. — Rod ; a good 

 late variety, with long bunches, but not so 

 vigorous a grower as others. 



La Jlativc— Red ; is a very early and excel- 

 lent variety. 



THE RASPBERRY 



Succeeds well on almost any soil except a 

 stiff cold clay. It should be protected in win- 

 ter by carefully bending down the canes, 

 and covering them with earth. In Lower Ca- 

 nada they do well by merely layitg down and 

 putting billets of firewood over them, the deep 

 snow being gufiBcient protection. 



They should be planted in rows four feet 

 apart, and from three to four feet in the row. 



The common way of training is to tie the 

 bearing canes of each plant to a pole about four 

 feet high every spring ; but the fruit will be 

 finer and more easily gathered if the canes arc 

 more spread out. A good plan is to put wooden 

 or iron stakes — the last are the best, and if 



pointed are eaiily planted— about twelve feet 

 apart in the row, along which two wires, such 

 as are used for grape trellii, or smaller, are 

 stretched, — the highest about two and a half or 

 three feet from the ground, — and attach the 

 canes to these in a fan shape. 



After the fruit is gathered (or in the fall) the 

 canes that have borne should bo cut down close, 

 and the weakest of the young canes of the same 

 season pulled out ; leavicg only four or fire of 

 the strongest canes for bearing next year, which 

 in the following spring should be shortened to 

 from three to four feet, according to their 

 strength. Anaimual top-dressing of manure is 

 fall i.'< requisite for their successful culture. Tho 

 ground among them should not be dug. 



The best varieties are Red AntToerp, Yellow 

 Amwerp, Fastolff, red. Prince of Wala, red. 



Tho Philadelphia, and Brinckle's Orange are 

 also excellent, hardy, aud good varieties. 



There are several varieties of autumn-bearing 

 raspberries, the best of which are October Red, 

 and October Yellotn, or Merveille des Quatre Sai- 

 sons. To make them bear well in fall, tho canes 

 should be cut close down in spring, as it is on 

 tho young shoots that spring from these that ' 

 tho fruit is borne ; as too many young shoots 

 arc apt to come up, the weaker ones shonld be 

 pulled up, leaving the others about a foot apart. 



THE BLACKBERRY.' 



TLe New Rochelle or Latoton is the one prin- 

 cipally cultivated; it succeeds very well in 

 general, though in some soils the cane is not 

 sufficiently hardy ; the fruit, unless very ripe, 

 is too acid. 



The Kiltaniny is in much request now, and is 

 said to be much superior to tho Lawton. 



Owing to the roots sending up suckers all 

 over, and the strength and length of the cane^. 

 it is hard to keep them within bounds in the 

 rows, so as to get at them easily to gather tho 

 fruit : they must be kept open by repeated 

 ploughing between the rows. 



The formidable character of tho prickles on 

 blackberries renders it somewhat disagreeable 

 to tend them. 



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