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more room, about three by six or seven feet; for 

 the reds three by five feet will be sufficient. The 

 blackcaps, and a few of the reds, like Cuthbert, 

 throw out fruiting side branches, and should have 

 the main canes cut back at about two and a half 

 feet to encourage the growth of these laterals, which, 

 in the following spring, should be cut back to about 

 one-third their length. The soil for raspberries 

 should be clayey if possible, and moist, but not wet. 



RASPBERRY ENEMIES 



The orange rust, which attacks the blackberry 

 also, is a serious trouble. Pull up and burn all in- 

 fested plants at once, as no good remedy has as yet 

 been found. The cut-worm, especially in newly set 

 beds, may sometimes prove destructive of the 

 sprouting young canes. For treatment see page 165. 

 The raspberry-borer is the larva of a small, flat- 

 tish, red-necked beetle, which bores to the center of 

 the canes during summer growth, and kills them. 

 Cut and burn, 



RASPBERRY VARIETIES 



Of the blackcaps, Gregg, McCormick, Munger, 

 Cumberland, Columbian, Palmer (very early), and 

 Eureka (late), are all good sorts. Reds: Cuthbert, 

 Cardinal (new). Turner, Reliance, The King (extra 

 early), Loudon (late). Yellow: Golden Queen. 



