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more room, about three by six or seven feet: for 

 the reds three by five feet will be sufiicient. The 

 blackcaps,, and a few of the reds, like Cuthbert, 

 throw out fruiting side branches, and should have 

 the main canes cut back at about two and a half 

 feet to encourage the growth of these laterals, which, 

 in the following spring, should be cut back to about 

 one-third their length. The soil for raspberries 

 should be clayey if possible, and moist, but not wet. 



RASPBERRY EXE MIES 



The orange rust, which attacks the blackberry- 

 also, is a serious trouble. Pull up and burn all in- 

 fested plants at once, as no good remedy has as yet 

 been found. The cut-worm, especially in newly set 

 beds, may sometimes prove destructive of the 

 sprouting young canes. For treatment see page 165. 

 The raspberr}--borer is the larva of a small, flat- 

 tish, red-necked beetle, which bores to the center of 

 the canes during summer growth, and kills them. 

 Cut and burn. 



R-\SPBERRY VARIETIES 



Of the blackcaps, Gregg, ^VlcCormick, [Nlunger, 

 Cumberland, Columbian, Palmer (very earlyj. and 

 Eureka (latej. are all good sorts. Reds: Cuthbert, 

 Cardinal (new ). Turner. Reliance. The King (extra 

 early), Loudon (late). Yellow: Golden Queen. 



