SUCCESS WITH SMALL FRUITS— RASPBERRIES 



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RASPBERRIES 



There are three general classes of Raspberries, each differing in habit and needing different treatment. The Red 

 class are grown from root cuttings, while the Blackcap and purple species makes plants from the tips of the canes 



rooting. Hence the treatment of each varies. 



RED RASPBERRIES 



The Red Raspberries in cultivation are either from the native 

 species Rubus strigosus or the European, Rnbus Idceus, or crosses 

 of these. There are varieties of the European Raspberry with 

 golden yellow fruit, but these are seldom cultivated commercially. 

 The native Red Raspberry is a very stiffly erect-growing plant 

 and quite bristley. The European varieties are erect but less 

 bristly, and the foliage is whitish underneath. Another species of 

 Red Raspberry was introduced some years ago from Japan under 

 the name of Japanese Wine Plant. This is a rank-growing plant, 

 making long, trailing canes and small fruits. It is too tender for cul- 

 tivation north of Maryland and has never been grown commercially. 

 In the mountains of North Carolina and northward, there is a 

 native Red Raspberry, Rubus odoratus, that has large pink flowers 

 like a wild rose, and is sweet-scented; but the fruit is soft and of 

 little value, and the plant is a rank climber. What we wish espe- 

 cially to treat of is the Red Raspberry that is grown commercially 

 for market and for home use in the garden. Red Raspberries 

 thrive best in a strong soil inchned to moisture. They have been 

 grown successfully on a sandy soil where the humus conditions 

 have been maintained by liberal manuring with stable manure, so 

 The Columbian Raspberry that the soil is made more retentive of moisture. 



