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are permitted to grow. The ground should be richer than for strawberries. 

 The plants may be put out in the fall or spring, but if in the fall, a small 

 mound of earth should be raised over them before the ground freezes. Set 

 them from one to three feet apart in the row and cultivate as you do corn. 

 When the young plants have made a growth of from one and a half to two 

 feet, pinch or cut off the terminal bud; it will then throw out branches, and 

 when the branches have made a growth of one foot or more, cut off their 

 terminal buds. After the crop of berries is harvested, the old bearing canes 

 should be removed, and only from three to five new canes should be permit- 

 ted to grow from one stool. If you plant the suckering varieties, unless the 

 suckers are wanted for transplanting, treat them as you would weeds, and 

 subdue them on all suitable occasions with the plow or hoe. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



The planting and cultivation of this fruit should be similar to that of the 

 raspberry. It will nourish with partial shade better than any other fruit, and 

 may be planted on the north side of a grove, or in a young grove not too 

 thickly shaded. In the blackberry days of early times it succeeded best on 

 our sparsely-timbered lands and in our hazel thickets. 



CURRANTS 



Should be planted in rows five feet apart, and three to five feet in the row, 

 depending upon the number of canes left in the hill. Prepare the ground as 

 for raspberries, and plant cuttings or rooted plants. If cuttings, they should 

 be made from the last year's growth, soon after the leaves have fallen, and 

 if then put in the ground and well protected during the winter, will become 

 callused and frequently-rooted, so that they may be put out in the spring 

 following. The currant is a gross feeder, and will use to good advantage an 

 abundant supply of manure. A heavy mulching should be applied each year 

 and left on the ground to decay and fertilize it. From five to eight canes 

 only should be left in a hill, and all superfluous sprouts should be removed. 

 Occasional pruning of canes may be made when they branch too much, and 

 as the plantation attains age the old canes that become enfeebled should be 

 removed and their places suppled by young sprouts. 



GOOSEBERRIES 



Should be planted, and cultivated, and cared for like currants. > 



CHERRIES AND PLTJMS. 



Trees of these fruits should be planted much like apple trees, and have 

 about the same care, but being of smaller growth they can be planted nearer 

 together. In our climate it is useless to try any but our native plums, or 

 those closely allied to them, and of cherries only the Riehmonds and Mo- 

 rellos have succeeded. 



