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nursery. This plant, being propagated from the 

 tips, was new to me, and in buying in the faTl 

 the plants were small and the roots smaller, but I 

 succeeded in having it come through the winter. 

 Every Monday I watered with wash water and 

 many pailfuls of dressing. I also worked around 

 their roots throughout the summer, and as soon as 

 a shoot was long enough to reach the ground, I 

 buried it in the earth for a new plant, after mellow- 

 ing up the ground and putting a stone upon the 

 plant to hold it down. In the spring of the second 

 year I set the balance of this row and another be- 

 tween the small fruit trees, which are set 20 feet 

 apart, making two rows 115 feet long, each having 

 22 plants. From these I raised enough plants to 

 set three additional rows last season, besides many 

 plants which were disposed of. The 44 hills in the 

 two old rows yielded over five bushels of raspber- 

 ries last year. These two rows of bushes and 

 berries being interwoven with the new growth 

 made a hedge, the handsomest I have ever seen. 

 These purple berries I find more acid than the red, 

 but served with sugar and cream they make a dish 

 fit for a queen. 



" One-half the space from the south end was 

 plowed up and set with raspberries. A heavy coat 

 of dressing was applied from the barn cellar and 

 worked in thoroughly with a wheel harrow as soon 

 as the soil could be worked in the spring. The plants 

 were then taken up with a spade from the old rows, 

 moved to the new plot, while the dirt adhered 

 and set while the ground was moist, and they grew 

 and bore as if they had never been moved. About 

 a foot was cut from the tops, leaving them 3 or 4 

 feet high. A fine crop of berries was secured the 

 first year. This could not be done profitably on a 



