Raspberries and Blackberries 



planting has a growing point. These pieces, 

 taken in fall, are put into boxes of sand, and 

 buried in the ground and left there over winter. 

 A callus forms on each piece during the winter, 

 from w^hich roots will be emiitted later on, when 

 the pieces are planted in the open ground, in 

 spring. The nature of this callus is not very 

 clearly understood, as yet, but it is supposed 

 that it in some way supports the root-cutting 

 until such a time as roots are formed for that 

 purpose. These cuttings should be planted in 

 rows in fine soil, and left there until they have 

 made considerable growlh. Then they should 

 be transplanted to the place in the garden 

 where they are expected to bear fruit. 



Let me say, right here, that all kinds of small 

 fruit should be planted at one side of the vege- 

 table garden, or somewhere where they will 

 not interfere with the plowing and cultivating 

 of the latter. Give them a place of their own, 

 and make it a permanent one. 



Most amateur gardeners will prefer to pur- 

 chase their plants of the nurseryman. Indeed, 

 this is the most satisfactory thing to do, unless 

 one chooses from motives of economy to prop- 

 agate his own stock from old roots which he 

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