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Raspberries for Where You Live 



WHAT fruit is better for the average garden 

 than the raspberry? This berry is delicious 

 fresh or canned. It demands but little sugar, 

 and gives a crop the second year. But the rasp- 

 berry is notional though; varieties which thrive 

 in one section may give poor results in another. 

 If you want plants that not merely grow, but 

 flourish and bear big crops, you must make a 

 careful choice, depending upon the particular 

 place where you happen to live. 



The Cuthbert is the best known red variety, 

 but not hardy enough for the Northern and 

 Northeastern States. An iron-clad berry for 

 those sections is the Marlboro. There are 

 other points to be considered, though, besides 

 hardiness. The Cuthbert thrives in poor soil, 

 although it demands plenty of air and abhors 

 wet feet. Marlboro, on the other hand, prefers 

 strong, rich soil. It is better to plant the Cuth- 

 bert, even in the North, if the soil is poor, and 

 lay it down in winter, and to grow the Marlboro 

 farther South, in heavy land. Robust as Marl- 

 boro is, it is not hardy enough for the exceedingly 

 cold weather of Colorado and adjacent States. 

 Yet it is the kind used largely by Colorado grow- 

 ers who carry it through the winter nicely by lay- 

 ing down the plants. 



The Herbert raspberry is another extra hardy 

 variety, and seems especially well adapted to 

 Canadian conditions. Satisfactory reports come 

 even from Manitoba, and in Central Canada it 

 gives splendid crops. It thrives also in many 

 parts of this country, but should be experimented 

 with before planted freely. The writer prefers 

 either Cuthbert or Marlboro. 



From Minnesota ■ comes a new variety of 

 raspberry, which gives more than ordinary 

 promise. It is called "No. 4." and has already 

 been planted freely in different parts of Minne- 

 sota, as well as in neighboring States. From the 

 enthusiastic reports sent in by those cultivating 

 it, this No. 4 raspberry is superior to any other 

 variety for conditions such as are found in the 

 Northern tier of States. It grows tall and robust, 

 and seems to be perfectly hardy; the fruit is large, 

 crimson, firm, and of good quality. The berries 

 do not cling to the stems, yet they do not drop 

 early nor crumble like those of the King, another 

 red variety planted in some parts of, Minnesota 

 and Wisconsin for commercial purposes. The 

 King berry must be laid down in places where 

 the No. 4 is proof against winter-killing. It 

 seems probable that this new raspberry will soon 

 become popular for home gardens, in all the cold 

 States. Indeed, there seems to be no reason 

 why it should not flourish well farther South. 



Garden makers who find the Perfection rasp- 

 berry growing with exceeding luxuriance in 

 the Hudson River Valley may seek it for their 

 own back yard plots. This variety, however, 

 is not recommended for home gardens. It 

 grows too rampantly, and requires too much 

 room. When two years old, it often makes 

 plants six feet tall. Unless given almost twice 

 as much room as other berries demand, it does 

 not do its best. Still, Perfection berries have 

 much substance and an excellent flavor. 



Not many years ago it was considered impos- 

 sible to grow raspberries in the Southern States. 

 With the coming of the St. Regis raspberry the 

 situation has been changed. This adaptable 

 variety can be grown in nearly all sections of the 

 country. That does not mean that it is equal 

 to other sorts everywhere. In some land it pro- 

 duces altogether too much foliage and too little 

 fruit. It is to be experimented with before being 

 planted largely. Still the St. Regis is an excellent 

 berry for the small garden, because of its double 

 cropping habit. It is often called "everbearing" 



true, for, while a few scatter- 

 picked during the summer, 

 only in spring and fall. Be- 

 l habit, it has one other ad- 

 crop is borne at least a week 



kind. On the other hand, 

 subject to attacks of crown 



Regis is put out under the 



which is not strictly 

 ing berries may be 

 real crops are borne 

 sides its fall-bearinj 

 vantage — its spring 

 ahead of any other 

 no variety is more 

 gall. Sometimes St 

 name of Ranere 



Another fall-bearing red raspberry and a more 

 recent introduction which has been receiving a 

 good deal of attention of late is the La France. 

 It is big in all its parts — leaf, wood, and fruit. 

 The berry is much above the average in size and 

 the plant continues fruiting freely right up to the 

 time of frost. Like the St. Regis it also has 

 crown gall, but somehow or other it doesn't seem 

 to interfere with the cropping qualities and per- 

 haps may be completely ignored. Its adaptability 

 to all sections is as yet experimental but on Long 

 Island it has proven very satisfactory and seems 

 to promise well generally. 



As blackcap raspberries choose Kansas and 

 Cumberland wherever you live. Plum Farmer 

 is the handsome berry grown commercially 

 in Western New York; but Kansas is equally 

 early, and adaptable to conditions almost every- 

 where. Moreover, its fruit is free from the 

 moldy appearance often seen on black caps. 

 Cumberland is a little later, and has the advan- 

 tage of holding its fruit two weeks or more. 

 It's the largest of all the blacks. 



If you live in a section where the thermometer 

 does not run very low, by all means grow Shaffer 

 for a purple raspberry. It is unsurpassed in 

 flavor, but unfortunately rather tender, so that 

 the Columbian must be used to replace it in the 

 Northern States. Some strains of the Columbian 

 are very hardy, while others are easily winter- 

 killed. Like the blackcaps, the purple rasp- 

 berries are propagated by tip rooting, and conse- 

 quently do not annoy the garden maker by 

 throwing up suckers. No berry is better for 

 home canning, although its color militates against 

 its selling in the open market. 



E. I. Farrington, Massachusetts. 



Poplars: Popular, Then Unpopular 



ALONG the streets in a new addition to a 

 suburban town a number of Carolina Pop- 

 lars were planted as street trees. They made 

 rapid growth in the thin sandy soil, far sur- 

 passing that of other kinds of trees usually set 

 for shade. In a very few years, they overtopped 

 the tallest of the modest houses, were shapely and 

 pleasing for shade and ornament. But while the 

 tops made strong and rapid growth, the part 

 below the surface was also busy. After the trees 

 were a few years planted, here and there a house- 

 holder was seen digging up his sewer connections 

 because of stoppage; it was found that the 

 Poplar roots had penetrated the joints in their 

 search for water, and had rendered the pipes use- 

 less. After several similar experiences, the 

 Shade Tree Commission issued the edict that the 

 Poplars must go, for it was found that they were 

 also penetrating the main sewer. In one case, 

 the roots had choked a large sewer forty feet from 

 the trees, so filling the pipes that they were use- 

 less. So the Poplars were rooted out wherever 

 they were near sewers or water pipes. Where the 

 location is such that its far-reaching roots can do 

 no damage this is an admirable tree. -But the 

 very quality that makes it so valuable a tree for 

 rapid growth and poor soils, renders it decidedly 

 objectionable in locations where the roots can 

 reach sewers, water or drain pipes. 



F. H. Valentine, Ridgewood, N. J. 



