263 SOME . 
SMALL FRUITS 
will have a good effect. Ina few days the plants 
will put out runners. Allow one runner to 
grow from each plant, and layer this between the 
old plants in a straight row. “ Layering’’ is 
covering the runner at one or more points with 
earth, or really planting it. It will develop 
roots at these points and become a strawberry 
plant. In from two to three weeks it will have 
got a good start, and then you can take up the 
old plants. In this way you can renew your 
own strawberry patch every year at little trouble 
or expense, if you get good plants to start with. 
Some reference to the possible yields of straw- 
berry beds has been made elsewhere in this 
book, so it will not be necessary to repeat here, 
but you will be making your own records soon, 
if you follow these simple rules. 
Raspberries and blackberries succeed in any 
soil that is not too wet and heavy, and there 
are good profits in their growing. If you in- 
tend to take up the culture of these fruits, you 
will do well to read “ Bush Fruit,”’ by Prof. F. 
W. Card. The bushes of both should be cut 
back and pruned in the spring, the raspberry 
being easy to handle with ordinary hand-shears, 
but a blackberry hook is better for dealing with 
the sharp thorns of that bush. 
As soon as the fruit is gathered the fruiting 
