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

 unlike Strawberries, they are benefit; ed 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 

 throughout the season, cutting down the suckers with tbe hoe or cultivator, and leaving only three or four 

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



The red varieties should be planted for field culture, in rows of six feet apart, and the plants three feet 

 distant in rows, requiring 2.400 plants per acre; or four feet each way if to be cultivated in hills, requiring 

 2,700 plants per acre. It is best to place two plants in each hill, requiring of course double the number. 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 New York, as 

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

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



The Cap varieties succeed 

 not only on good soil but 

 many sorts yield large prof- 

 itable crops on the lightest 

 kind of sandy land. In field 

 culture plant in rows seven 

 feet apart and three feet 

 six inches distant in the 



Raspberry Plants 



row; requiring 1,775 plants 

 to the acre; or four and a 

 half feet apart each way, 

 requiring 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 recommended for other sorts, but we do not advise planting Blackcaps In Autumn, as they 

 are diflicult to make live if set at that season. In pruning bearing canes, cut at the middle of the bend. As 

 those 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. 



i^P" We would like a chance to figure on the listn of those who contemplate ordering largely. 



NEW VARIETIES. 



(// to be sent hy mail add 10 cents per dozen, 40 cents per 100 for postage.) 



A blackcap of the Souhegan class 



ADA.— From Ohio. 



It also continues longer in bearing 

 Doz., 50c; 100, $2.00; 1000, $12.00. 



Vigorous growth and hardi- 

 ness of cane 

 are its chief 

 merits over 

 the Gregg. 

 The b e r ries 

 equal the 

 Gregg in size 

 and quality 

 and are pro- 

 duced in great 

 er abundance. 

 Ripens late. 



Cromwell. - 



which variety it much resembles. The fruit is fully 

 equal to it in size and quality, and In hardiness of 

 cane. It is a vigorous grower and productive. Can 

 be safely recommended as a valuable sort. Doz. 50c; 

 100, $2.00; 1000, $15.00. 



Jackson's ITIay King.— A blackcap that has 

 been especially recommended for its earliness, but 

 which we find to be really no earlier than Souhegan 

 and not so fine a variety. At Monmouth It Is In no 

 way superior to the old discarded DooUttle, and un- 

 ess it behaves very much better elsewhere it Is cer- 

 tainly not worthy of being placed on the list of stand 

 ard sorts. Doz. 50c; 100, $2,50; 1000, $20.00. 

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