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the Promnce of New Brunswick, They come there 

 even in the interstices of the rocks, and, when the 

 August sun has parched up the leaves, the land^^cape 

 is red with the fruit. Where woods have been 

 burnt down, the raspberry and the huckle-berry in- 

 stantly spring up, divide the surface between them, 

 and furnish autumnal food for flocks of pigeons that 

 darken the earth beneath their flight. Whence 

 these plants coine, and cover spots thirty or forty 

 miles square, which have been covered wdth woods 

 for ages upon ages, I leave for philosophers to say, 

 contenting myself with relating how they come and 

 how they are treated in gardens. — They are raised 

 from suckers, though they may be raised from cut' 

 tings. The suckers of this year, are planted out 

 in rows, six feet apart, and the plants two feet apart 

 in the rows. This is done in the fall, or early in 

 the spring. At the time of planting they should ^ 

 be cut down to within afoot of the ground. They 

 will bear a little, and they will send out several 

 suckers which will bear the next year.— About four 

 is enough to leave, and those of the strongest. 

 These should be cut oflf in the fall, or early in 

 spring, to within four feet of the ground, and should |i 

 be tied to a small stake. A straight branch of Lo- 

 cust is best, and then the stake lasts a life-time at 

 least, let the life be as long as it may. The next |^ 

 year more suckers come up, which are treated in 

 the same way. — Fifty clumps are enough, if well ^ 

 managed. — There are white and red, some like one [ 

 best and some the other. To have them fine, you i 

 must dig in manure in the Autumn, and keep the r 

 ground clean during the Summer by hoeing. — I have ) 

 tried to dry the fruit ; but it lost its flavour. Rasp- j 

 berry-Jam is a dee»p-red sugar; and raspberry- ( 

 wine is red brandy, rum, or whiskey ; neither hav- r. 



