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ground, well prepared and fertile, in rows five feet 
apart. The distance in the row must depend upon 
the variety that you are setting. Some of the fancy 
sorts, like Turner, give magnificent berries, and 
plenty of them, when grown in hills; but they will 
not yield enough to pay for their ground if grown 
in rows. On the other hand, the Cuthbert will do 
better in rows than in hills. The same is true of 
Golden Queen, which is a sport of Cuthbert. The 
canes when planted must be cut down close to the 
ground, so that new suckers shall be sent up from 
the roots. Nothing in the way of fruit can be ex- 
pected the first year; you must first grow your canes. 
If these are well cultivated with plow, cultivator, 
and hoe, you will have a fine lot of bearing canes, 
ready to give you a crop the second year from 
planting. 
After the picking season is over, you must go 
through your rows with a sharp corn knife, and cut 
out the old canes — leaving new ones to give you the 
next year’s crop. When these canes are removed, 
fork them out of the rows, and burn them. Now 
drive stout stakes at the head of each row, and in- 
termediate stakes every twenty feet. Hitch wires 
to run on each side of your row, stapling them to 
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