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CHAPTER XIV. 



OF RASPBERRIES. 



Different Sorts of Raspberries ; and of Propagating^ Plantings 

 Watering^ Staking and Pruning them. 



Raspberries are a very useful fruit for the table ; for 

 preserving, for making of jam, sauce, &c. and continue along 

 time in bearing. 



The Raspberry belongs to the fifth order of Linnseus's 

 twelfth class, Icosandria Polygynia, and is a native of Eng- 

 land. 



The folloxving are the Sorts cultivated in this Country, 



Early White, Large Red Antwerp, 



Double-bearing White, Large White Antwerp, 



Large Common White, Smooth Cane Double-bearing, 



Large Red, Woodward's New Raspberry^ 



Of Propagating^ Plantings and Pruning Raspberries* 



Raspberries are raised from suckers and layers. 



They should be planted in a piece of ground by themselves, 

 and (except the Early White) at the distance of about six feet 

 from row to row, and four feet in the rows. 



The ground should first be well trenched and dunged, be- 

 fore the raspberries are planted. Make choice of the strongest 

 and finest plants that come out from the sides of the stools, 

 where they have been standing for some years j or encourage 

 the strongest plants that come out betwixt the rows after dig- 

 ging, which should be done annually. In digging the ground, 

 you will frequently happen to cut the roots with a spade, which 

 will occasion a great number of small plants to come up ; of 

 these select the strongest and finest, and hoe up all the super- 

 fluous ones. But I prefer laying down some of the strongest 

 outside shoots in the month of March ; as by the following 

 autumn they will make fine roots, and may be planted out in 

 a quarter or piece of ground where you intend them to remain. 



