If to be se?it by mail, add 40c. pe7' 100; at dozen rates mailed 

 free when desired. At 1000 rates by express or freight only. 



Any land that will produce good crops of corn or 

 wheat is suitable for raspberries; and, unlike strawber- 

 ries, they are benefited by partial shade. Prepare the 

 ground thoroughly and manure liberally. 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, requiring -,722 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 within a few inches of the 

 ground. The cap varieties succeed not only on good 

 soil, but many sorts 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 1.778 plants to the acre; or five feet 

 apart each way, requiring 1.742 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. 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 preceding the fruit- 

 ing season. 



CARDINAL. 



size of berries and excessive yield, more than com- 

 pensate for their lack of bright color. For the home 

 garden it is unexcelled, its fine fruit being equally 

 valuable for the table or for canning. Doz., 50c.; 

 100, $2.50; 1000. 818.00. 



CUMBERLAND (Cewp.) 



The old favorite, Shaffer's Colossal, so popular 

 for family use, has now been completely superseded 

 by the new and better varieties of Cardinal and 

 Columbia, both of the same type of berry. Of 

 these, Cardinal is in many ways the better sort, 

 being probably the finest of its class yet produced. 

 It is really a marvel among raspberries, positi\ ely 

 gigantic in both cane and fruit. The canes grow to 

 a height of some fifteen feet or more, and are of 

 great hardiness and endrely healthy. When in 

 bearing they are literally covered witli large, hand- 

 sorne berries; sweet, juicy, luscious, rich and 

 sprightly — of true raspberry flavor. In color they 

 are dark as compared with the brightness of the 

 upright-growing sorts, but their fine quality, large 



Certainly the largest of the Blackcaps. Berries 

 as long or longer than they are broad, almost glob- 

 ular, jet black, with little or no bloom; very good 

 in quality, sweet and pleasant. It grows well, is 

 perfectly hardv and a great bearer. Midseason. 

 Doz., 35c.; 100, |1.50; 1000, $12.00. 



