RASPBERRRY 



1767 



for the purpose of regulating the crop as 

 well as reducing the wood so as to en- 

 able the cane more easily to support the 

 fruit and to make the work of harvesting 

 more easy. 



From what has been stated it will have 

 been inferred that the raspberry bears its 

 fruit most abundantly upon wood one 

 year of age, and that older wood is of 

 little or no use and should be cut out for 

 the good of the plant. There are excep- 

 tions to the rule, for raspberries fre- 

 quently bear a few fruits upon the new 

 shoots which annually come up from the 

 root of the plant when those shoots are 

 allowed to grow unchecked; but as this 

 forms a late or second crop, and as it 

 does not occur as a fixed habit of the 

 plant, but rather as a result of peculiar 

 weather conditions, it is never taken into 

 account in commercial raspberry culture. 



The shortening of the shoots to two 

 feet or less in height, together with the 

 thickening which follows, renders them 

 able to support a crop of fruit without 

 the aid of a trellis. 



Yarieties of Easpberries 



Card in "Bush Fruits" gives the follow- 

 ing classification of raspberries: 



1. Black raspberries. 



2. Purple-cane raspberries. 



3. American-type red raspberries. 



4. European-type red raspberries. 



5. Unclassified varieties. 



Varieties recommended by the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society* (Only very 

 successful varieties are given. — ^Ed.) 



(See p 1161 for map of districts.) 



District No. 1. Vermont, Columbian, 

 Shaffer, Gregg, Cuthbert, Golden. 



District No. 2. Vermont, Columbian, 

 Shaffer, Gregg. 



District No. 3. Gregg, Cuthbert. 



District No, 4. ShafEer, Hillborn, Kan- 

 sas, Cuthbert. 



District No. 5. Cuthbert. 



District No. 6. None are recom- 

 mended. 



District No. 7. None are recom- 

 mended. 



District No. 8. Shaffer, Kansas. 



District No. 9, Columbian, Shaffer, 



Eureka, Gregg, Kansas, Nemeha, Ohio, 

 Older, Palmer, Cuthbert. 



District No. 10. Gregg, Kansas, Cuth- 

 bert. 



District No. 11. This district includes 

 part of Texas and New Mexico. Not 

 adapted to raspberries. 



District No. 12, Gregg, Kansas, Cuth- 

 bert, Marlboro, 



District No. 13. This district includes 

 the western parts of North and South 

 Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. This 

 region is considered to be too cold for 

 raspberries, yet there are doubtless sec- 

 tions of these countries where a few 

 could be grown for home use. 



District No. 14. Gregg, Kansas, Bran- 

 dywine. 



District No. 15. Red Antwerp, Gregg, 

 Cuthbert, Miller. 

 District No. 16. Cuthbert, Hansel. 

 District No. 17. Cuthbert. 

 Prof. C. I. Lewis, of the Experiment 

 Station, Corvallis, Oregon, recommends 

 for that state the following: 



The Marlboro is a berry that is increas- 

 ing in popularity, and is often planted 

 with the Cuthbert. It ripens and is out 

 of the way before the Cuthbert is ready. 

 The Cuthbert is practically our standard 

 market variety. The Red Antwerp is a 

 good bearer, but should not be left on the 

 vines too long, else it becomes hard to 

 remove The Superlative, of compara- 

 tively recent origin, was expected by 

 some growers to revolutionize the indus- 

 try. It is a heavy bearer of fair quality, 

 but is a poor shipper, and soon after 

 gathering takes on a dull or dead color, 

 thus losing its attractiveness. 



Prof. W. S. Thomber, formerly of the 

 Experiment Station, Pullman, Washing- 

 ton, recommends the following for Wash- 

 ington : 



Black Baspberries 



Gregg 



One of the best and most popular black 

 sorts. Valuable for home as well as com- 

 mercial growing. 



Kansas 



An old, well-known variety, but not 

 adapted to our conditions. Valuable only 

 as an early sort. 



