Cnlture, — Any land that will produce good crops of corn or wheat Is suitable for Raspberries; and, 

 unlike Strawberries, they are benefitted by partial shade. Prepare the ground thoroughly and manure lib- 

 erally. Ground bone is a specific fertilizer for the Raspberry. Keep- the soil loose and free of weeds 

 througheut the season, cutting down The suckers with the hoe or cultivator, and leaving only three or four 

 to a hill or single row for fruiting. Aim to plant an assortment so as to lengthen the season. 



The red 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 each way if to be cultivated in hills, requir- 

 ing 2,700 plants per acre. It is best to place two plants in each hill, requiring, of course, double the num- 

 ber. In garden culture plant three feet apart each way and restrict to hills. Soon as planted cut back the 

 canes to within a few inches of the ground: and plants set in Autumn should have the soil mounded up over 

 them to protect them from frequent freezing and thawing. In Spring the earth should be leveled down 

 again. In pruning the bearing canes cut them back one-half their length on an average, but all of the same 

 height from the ground. Foreign varieties and seedlings of them do not succeed much South of Xew York, 

 as they will not endure hot sunshine. Reference will be made to the origin of these in their descriptions. 

 I do not recommend removing the old canes, as they help support the bearing ones and hold snow in winter. 



The CapVarieties succeed 

 not only on good soil, but 

 many sorts yield large prof- 

 itable crops on the slightest 

 kind of sandy land. In field 

 culture plant in rows seven 

 feet apart and three feet 

 six inches distant in the 

 row, requiring 1,77.5 plants 

 to the acre; or four and a 

 half feet apart each way, re- 

 quiring 2.150 plants per 

 acre. In garden culture 

 plant four feet apart each 



way. Fall-set plants should "Cap"' Raspberry Plant. Fig. 356. 

 be protected as recommend for other sorts, but I do not advise planting Blackcaps in Autumn, as they are 

 ditHcult to make live if set at that season. In pruning bearing canes cut at the middle of the bend. As these 

 are propagated from the ends of the canes, being bent down and rooted, they have but little wood upon 

 them, as shown by Fig. 356, and are not readily seen when but a small number is ordered. If any should be 

 missed from an order please examine the packing material carefully before concluding that they have been 

 omitted. All of this class are designated in the following list by the word Cap added to the name. . 



In digging we tie in bunches of convenient size for packing and grade carefully, putting in none but 

 what have good side roots. 



T should like a chance to agure on theJists of those iiho contemplate orderinfj largely. 



Raspberry Plants 



NEW 



GOLBEX QrEEX.— Its salient virtues are 

 large size, great beauty, high quality, hardiness, and 

 productiveness. In size it exceeds even the Cuthbert 

 and is the highest in quality of all raspberries except 

 the old, delicate Brinckle's Orange ; beautiful, trans- 

 lucent amber color and exceptionally firm. The canes 

 are of the strongest growth, exceeding in vigor the 

 Cuthbert, hardier, and owing to its greater vigor, 

 succeeding better at the South and in California, 

 where the Cuthbert was heretofore the only really 

 good, reliable raspberry that could be grown, except 

 blackcaps. Its productiveness is simply marvelous; 

 ripens in mid-season. It is the most valuable rasp- 

 berry for the amateur and no home garden is com- 

 plete without it. Its beauty, size and fine quality 

 render it indispensable for table use. Doz., SLOO: 100, 

 S5.00 ; 1000, S.35.00. 



