SMALL FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE 



them. They do well in almost all soils, if 

 well drained. A sandy loam, however, is the 

 soil that seems to suit them best. Their old 

 canes, like those of the blackberry, should 

 be cut away at the end of the fruiting season. 



Cuthbert is the leading red variety. Cum- 

 berland is the favorite black kind. 



I notice that one of our most prominent 

 growers of small fruit offers an ever-bearing 

 raspberry this season, under the name of 

 Red Ranere. I have no knowledge of its 

 merits other than that which I gain from the 

 grower's announcement in introducing this 

 sort to the market, but from intimate per- 

 sonal acquaintance with the man I am quite 

 confident that the plant must possess real 

 merit, for he is not a person given to exagger- 

 ation. I quote from what he has to say in 

 reference to this variety in a leading horti- 

 cultural magazine: 



This is not only the earliest red raspberry, but it 

 is a perpetual fruiting one. Its main crop is greater 

 than that of any other variety I grow. It continues 

 to bear on its old canes until late in August, at about 

 which time the canes of the season's growth come 

 into bearing. These produce a large amount of fine 

 fruit until late in the fall. The berries are very at- 

 tractive, being a bright, rich crimson. They are of 

 good size, and of very superior quality, -^ith a rich, 

 sugarv, full raspberry flavor. 



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