RASPBERRY — STRAWBERRY 445 
If it is desired to secure new plants, the ends of the branches of the 
black varieties should be covered with soil about the middle of August, 
when the tips are seen to divide into several slender shoots, and to take 
root (Fig. 285); these can be taken up and planted the following spring. 
While the suckers 
that spring from 
the roots of red 
varieties (Fig. 287) 
may be used in 
propagating them, 
it will be better to 
use plants grown 
from root-cut- 
tings, as they will 
have much better 
roots. 
Raspberries may be bent over to the ground so that the snow will 
protect them, in severe climates. 
For red rust, pull out the plant, root and branch, and burnit. Short 
rotations — fruiting the plants only two or three years — and burning 
the old canes and trimmings, will do much to keep raspberry plantations 
healthy. Spraying will have some effect in combating anthracnose. 
287. Sprouting habit of red raspberry. 
Varieties of raspberries. 
Of the black sorts the following will be found desirable: Palmer, 
Conrath, Kansas, and Eureka, which ripen in the order named. In 
some sections the Gregg is still valuable, but it is somewhat lacking in 
hardiness. Ohio is a favorite variety for evaporating. Of the purple- 
cap varieties, Shaffer and Columbian generally succeed. Among the 
red varieties none are more universally successful than Cuthbert. 
King is a promising early variety, and Loudon is a valuable late kind. 
Many growers find Marlboro and Turner well worthy of cultivation, 
although rather local in their adaptations; while for home use, Golden 
Queen, a yellow Cuthbert, is much liked. 
Strawberry. — Every one may grow strawberries, yet the saying that 
strawberries will grow on any soil is misleading, although true. Some 
