QUINCE — RASPBERRY 443 



They succeed best on a deep, moist, and fertile soil. They require much 

 the same care as the pear. The insects and diseases by which they are 

 attacked are also the same as for that fruit. Blight is particularly bad. 

 The fruit is borne on short shoots of the same season, and strong head- 

 ing-in of the growth in winter removes a good part of the buds from 

 which the shoots arise. The Orange is the most common variety, but 

 Champion, Meech (Fig. 285), and Rea are sometimes grown. 



285. Meech Quince (Meech's Prolific). 



Raspberry. — Both the red and black raspberries are essentials of a 

 good garden. A few plants of each will produce a supply of berries for 

 a family through six or eight weeks, provided both early and late 

 varieties are planted. 



A cool situation, soil that will hold moisture without being wet, and 

 thorough preparation of the ground, are the conditions necessary to 

 success. The blackcap raspberries should be set 3 to 4 feet apart, the 

 rows 6 or 7 feet; the red varieties 3 feet apart, the rows 5 feet apart. 

 Spring setting is usually preferable. 



The shoots of raspberries sent up one season fruit and die the follow- 

 ing year, as in blackberries and dewberries. 



Most of the blackcap varieties naturally throw out side branches the 

 first season, and with such it is a good plan to pinch back the new canes 

 as soon as they have reached a height of 2 to 3 feet, according to 

 the full height of the variety. This will hasten the throwing out of 



