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those lifted and potted in October. Suckers 

 ought to be planted in large pots in autumn or 

 early in spring; at the same time the bearing 

 wood should be cut away, in order that the 



Fig. 1034.— Raspberry— Golden Queen. (|.) 



canes intended to bear when forced may have 

 every advantage. 



Red Antwerp is one of the best sorts for 

 forcing. 



Propagation. — The Raspberry is propagated 

 by seeds, and occasionally by cuttings, but the 

 usual mode is by suckers or offsets. 



The seeds should be taken from ripe fruit, 

 washed from the pulp, and then be sown in 

 sandy soil, in pans. They will vegetate in the 

 spring, and in autumn the seedlings will be fit 

 for transplanting, the first shoot being then 

 shortened to a few eyes. 



In propagating by suckers or offsets, care 

 should be taken to injure as little as possible 

 the plants from which they are separated. The 

 best time to remove them is October, which is 



likewise the best time for making the plan- 

 tation. Root-suckers are often thrown up at a 

 considerable distance from the plant, but usually 

 the suckers come out almost like offsets. When 

 this is the case, they ought to be detached with 

 a sharp suckering-iron, and, at the same time, 

 care should be taken not to injure the bud or 

 buds which will be found on the part of the 

 root just below-ground, at the base of the 

 shoots made in the course of the current season ; 

 for these buds give rise to the shoots which 

 become the canes for bearing in 

 the following year. 



Propagation by cuttings is 

 not a sure method, and is 

 seldom resorted to, but any 

 particular sort may be more 

 rapidly increased by both cut- 

 tings and suckers than by 

 suckers alone. The cuttings 

 should be inserted in light, 

 rich, rather moist soil, and in 

 a situation that is not exposed 

 to the direct rays of the sun 

 in the hottest part of the day. 



Insects, &c. — See chapter on 

 this subject. 



Bud and Flower Enemies — 

 Raspberry Beetle, Red - bud 

 Caterpillar. Fruit and Seed 

 Enemies — Birds. Leaf Enemies 

 — Clay-coloured Vine "Weevil. 

 Root Enemies— Daddy Long-legs, 

 Red-legged Garden Weevil. 



Selection of Varieties. 



Baumforth's Sccdlinr/. — A medium 

 grower and cropper, with almost spine- 

 less canes. Fruit large, of a deep- 

 red colour and good flavour. 



Belle de Fontenay (fig. 1033). Fruit large, round, deep- 

 red ; ripening in autumn. A sturdy grower and free 

 bearer. An excellent late variety. 



Carter s Prolific. — Sturdy in habit, dwarf, a heavy 

 cropper. Fruit in big clusters, large, deep - red. sweet ; 

 carries well. 



Cutbush's Prince of Wales. — Canes strong and long, 

 slightly glaucous, nearly smooth. Fruit large, globular, 

 or inclining to conical, of a bright-red colour and good 

 flavour. An early and most abundant bearer: nor dis- 

 posed to sucker freely. 



Fastolf. — Canes very strong, of a light-brown colour. 

 nearly smooth. Fruit large, globular, of a bright -red 

 colour, and of good flavour. A most abundant bearer, 

 and a generally useful sort. 



Golden Queen (fig. 1034). — Said to be a hybrid between 

 Raspberry Superlative and the North American Parsley- 

 leaved Bramble Eubus laciniatus. The foliage is in three 

 divisions instead of five, as in the true Raspberry, and 

 the stems are as spinous as in the Bramble. The 



