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/. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Jf to be sent by mail, add 40c. per 100 ; at dozen rates mailed postpaid when desired. 



or freight only. 



At lOOO rates by express 



The upright growing varieties should be planted for field 

 culture in rows six feet apart, and the plants three feet 

 distant in the rows, requiring 2,400 plants per acre ; or 

 four feet apart each way, to be cultivated in hills, requir- 

 ing 2,700 plants per acre. In garden culture plant three 

 feet apart each way and restrict to hills. It is best to 

 place two plants in each hill, requiring, of course, double 

 the number. Soon as planted cut back the canes to with- 

 in a few inches of the ground. In field culture plant the 

 cap varieties in rows seven feet apart and three feet six 

 inches distant in the row, requiring 1,775 plants to the 

 acre ; or four and a half feet apart each way, requiring 

 2,150 plants to the acre. In garden culture plant four feet 

 apart each way. In pruning the bearing canes of rasp- 

 berries, which should be done in the late winter or early 

 spring preceding the fruiting season, cut back the main 

 stems fully one-third, and shorten the laterals to 18 or 24 

 inches. The annexed illustration shows one hill of canes 

 properly pruned for fruiting, while the others have all the 

 previous season's wood upon them. 



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In former years I grew and catalogued an extended list of Kaspberries. Believing this to be a 

 mistake, I have ceased doing it. To describe so many kinds was confusing to the purchaser, and the 

 growing of them was a needless expense to the nurseryman. I have therefore discarded all but those 

 here named. The list embraces the best early and the best late varieties of both Bed Raspberries and 

 Blackcaps ; and Golden Queen is beyond question the best yellow-fruited variety. 



CARDINAL. 



• A new giant raspberry of the justly famous Columbian type, which it surpasses. Undoubtedly, no 

 other variety will produce so much fruit upon the same space, and the berries are of large size and the 

 very highest quality. Canes attain a height of 15to 20 feet, are entirely free from all diseases, are of iron- 

 clad hardiness (having endured a temperature of 35 degrees below zero without injury), and are weight- 

 ed with fruit from top to bottom every year. Berries are of great size, purplish-crimson in color, ex- 

 ceedingly firm, and exceedingly rich and sprightly, with full raspberry flavor. Of special value for can- 

 ning. It propagates from tips like the blackcaps, and its growth is so strong it should be given wider 

 space in planting than other varieties. It has now been fruited in all parts of the country and found to 

 succeed everywhere, even in the Southern States, for it endures heat and drought, as well as cold, far bet- 

 ter than any other variety. Doz., $2.00; 100, $10.00. 



