108 MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY 



" The plants should then be set in the furrow, 

 with roots well moistened. Some farmers plow 

 the furrow with a two-horse plow and set the 

 plants in the furrows, while others use a line and a 

 spade, opening the holes that the plants are to go 

 into. In either case, care must be taken not to 

 break off the small white shoots coming from 

 crown or roots, as these are to be the future plants. 

 Do not set the plants too deep, or the shoots will 

 not have a chance to get to the surface. Care must 

 be taken not to tramp the soil hard just above the 

 crown, but more from the sides and a little dis- 

 tance away from the plants. The 

 new shoots then have a better 

 chance to come to the top. 



" I always use young plants 



from new propagating beds, as in 



setting strawberries, because older 



--—••^c-l -^ -=)nz bushes from fruiting beds are not 



pruning desirable, in" many cases being ex- 



raspberries hausted to such an extent as to 



render them unprofitable. That 



is where a great many make a mistake in setting out 



old plants instead of getting strong, thrifty young 



plants. There are many systems of planting, but I 



will only suggest a few. 



SETTING THE PLANTS 



" First method is to plant the raspberries 5 feet 

 apart each way, so as to cultivate with a horse 

 both ways ; allow five shoots to each hill. On a 

 large scale I set plants in rows 5 to 6 feet apart, 

 north to south, and from 3 to 4 feet in the row. I 

 plant potatoes every other row north and south 

 the first year, and after that the whole space is 



