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J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J. 



RASPBERRIES 



If to be sent by maU, add 40c. per 100; at dozen rates maUed free when desired. At 1,000 

 rates by express or freight only. 



Any land that will produce good crops of corn 

 or wheat is suitable for raspberries; and, unlike 

 strawberries, they are benefited by partial shade. 

 Prepare the ground thoroughly and manure lib- 

 erally. 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 2400 plants per acre; or four feet 

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

 ing 2722 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 numbers stated. 

 Soon as planted cut back the canes to within a 

 few inches of the ground. The cap varieties 

 succeed not only on good soil, but yield large 

 profitable crops on the lightest kind of sandy 

 land. In field culture plant them in rows seven 

 feet apart and three and a half feet distant in 

 the row, requiring 1778 plants to the acre; or 

 five feet apart each way, requiring 1742 plants 

 to the acre. In garden culture plant four feet 

 apart each way. Keep the soil loose and free of weeds throughout the season, cutting down the 

 suckers with the hoe or cultivator, and leaving only single rows, or three or four canes to the 

 hill, for fruiting. Prune the bearing canes of the upright-growing varieties by cutting back 

 one-half their length on an average and shorten in the laterals as shown in the illustration. 

 In pruning Blackcaps cut the bearing canes at the middle of the bend. The pruning should be 

 done in the late winter or early spring. 



EATON 



A chance seedling from the West and said by 

 the introducers to be " The largest, most beau- 

 tiful, firmest and most productive of all red 

 Raspberries— extra quality. Canes medium 

 growers, tough and hardy. Received a bronze 

 medal at Pan-American Exposition and silver 

 medal at St. Louis World's Fair."' The Eaton 

 has made a very satisfactory growth at Mon- 

 mouth and is very promising. It will not 

 fruit with me until next summer. Doz., $1.00 ; 

 100, $7.50. 



PERFECTION 



A New York State seedling, of ironclad 

 hardiness and prodigious growth. Its thorn- 

 less canes grow ten feet high and are liter- 

 ally loaded at fruiting time, with large, lus- 

 cious, bright crimson, very firm berries. It 

 begins to ripen early and continues in bear- 

 ing for two months. If this remarkable Rasp- 

 berry sustains in other localities the record 

 it has made at the place of its origin, it will 

 prove to be a variety of untold value. Doz., 

 $1.00; 100, $6.00. 



firm and of the very highest quality. 

 Doz., 12.00; 100, $10.00. 



STONE FORT (Cap) 

 A chance seedling from 

 Illinois that unites the 

 valuable properties of 

 both Conrath and the 

 Cumberland, the best 

 early and the best late 

 black caps. It is the ear- 

 liest of all black cap Rasp- 

 berries (ripening before 

 ^ate strawberries have 

 gone) and the berries are 

 said to be of large size — 

 as large as those of Cum- 

 berland. Canes of strong 

 gro wth, great hardihood, 

 resist drought perfectly 

 and yield enormous crops. 

 Berries jet black, glossy. 

 To all appearances we have in this the ideal black Raspberry. 



