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keep the plants within bounds and make them 

 productive. The mode of planting and the 

 treatment is similar to the raspberry, excepting 

 that the distances should be increased to eight 

 feet between the rows. The young shoots should 

 also be summer pruned when about four feet 

 high, which will encourage the throwing out of 

 laterals, which are in turn to be stopped at 

 about eighteen inches in length. Thus a stocky 

 new fruiting bush will be obtained. A strong 

 wire on both sides of the row, fastened to stakes 

 at proper intervals in the row, will keep the 

 plants in place and give sufficient support. 

 Manifestly, it is a difficult process to bend these 

 stiffs, thorny plants to the ground and cover 

 them for the winter. Hence it is best to select 

 the kinds which are hardy for each section. 

 Wilson's Early is a noble, large, but rather acid 

 variety, which will endure the winters of the 

 Middle States. Kittatinny is better in quality, 

 but equally tender and more subject to the 

 Anthracnose. For New England and the West, 

 more hardy kinds, like Snyder, Taylor, Wtichu- 

 sett, and Dorchester, are preferred. Earl}' 

 Harvest is a new kind, said to be hardy, pro- 

 lific, and very early. Wilson Junior is a new 

 seedling from the old Wilson, which appears to 

 be an improvement in earliness, size, and pro- 



