R. M. KELLOGG'S GREAT CROPS 
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Edffer Queen (p) strongly resembles 
the old Sharpless, but more hardy and pro- 
ductive. Berries large, moderately firm, 
season medium late. 25c per dozen; 75c 
per too; $2.25 per 500; and §4 per 1,000. 
Miami (p) strongly resembles Crescent. 
Roots deep and succeeds on drouthy or 
light sand. Season early to medium late. 
25c per dozen; 60c per 100; $2 per 500; and 
$3.50 per 1,000. 
Princess (p). Very popular wherever 
tested. Foliage is very vigorous and free 
from rust and a heavy fruiter. Berries are 
large, bright red and good. Moderately 
firm. 30C per dozen; 80c per 100; $2.75 per 
500; and $5 per 1,000. 
Great Pacific (p). A wonderful name 
and pretty fair berry. Strong grower. Big 
berries, only moderately productive, rich 
flavor. Season medium late. 25c per dozen; 
St per 100. 
Muskinsrham (p). A berry of much 
promise. Foliage large and entirely free 
from rust. Fruit large and very rich. Sea- 
son medium early. 25c per dozen; $1 per 
100; $2.75 per 500; and $5 per i.ooo. 
POTTED PLANTS. 
In July or August, as soon as a runner 
has formed a leaf, fill a small flower pot 
with rich soil and bury it under the runner 
so it will root in it. They can then be taken 
up and sent to all parts of the country and 
set so that the plant will hardly discover the 
removal. We ship them all over the country 
in a light paper pot made expressly for this 
purpose, which makes express charges com- 
paratively light. If everything is favorable, 
they will produce a good crop of berries the 
following summer. Send for price list of 
potted plants any time after June 15. 
RASPBERRIES. 
All that has been said in these pages in 
regard to seminal exhaustion ancf conse- 
quent degeneration of strawberries, applies 
with increased force to raspberries, black- 
beries and grapes. 
It is a common practice for rasp- 
berrjr growers to fruit their plantations as 
heavily as possible for six or eight years. 
and then take plants from it to start a new 
patch. The case is precisely the same as 
with strawberries. It is the same old ex- 
hausted patch with new roots on them and 
nothing more. The whole fruiting power 
is therefore several grades lower. If you want 
to make a test of this, take plants from such 
an old, worn-out bed for one row, and by 
the side of it set a row with plants takeifi 
from a young plantation which has been 
selected through several years from canes 
especially healthy in foliage and strong in 
fruiting power, having never been fruited 
over one year and always pruned close to 
prevent any exhaustion, and note the dif- 
ference. Of course the cost of plants cuts 
quite a figure,, but from the last row you 
will get enough more fruit than from the 
first row to pay several times the cost of 
plants as well as cultivation every year as 
long as the plantation lasts. It does not 
require much of a mathematician to figure 
out the difference of profits in the two 
cases. You may find some evidence in this 
direction by looking over the plantations of 
your neighbors. 
Tlie Cultivation should be thorough 
and frequent and continued through fruit- 
ing season. When canes are about eight- 
een inches high (not over that), pinch off 
the terminal bud. Do not pinch off 
over a half inch; the canes will then be 
stocky and the laterals large and strong. 
It is the greatest mistake to let the canes get 
several feet high and then cut off a foot or 
more. The laterals will be weak and will 
not form good fruit buds, and if persisted in 
for a few years the plantation will be de- 
stroyed. Never pinch in the laterals. One 
pinching will make all the wood needed 
and we must not interfere with the natural 
growth any more than necessary. If a 
cane sho\vs any signs of weakness, disease 
or rust, dig it out and burn it. Keep your 
plantation healthy. As soon as fruit is pick- 
ed cut out the old wood with a small steel 
hook, burn it at once and thereby kill any 
insects or fungi which may have found a 
lodgment in it. I regard this as very im- 
portant. Many growers urge letting old 
wood remain till spring. I think this is a 
rnistake. If the canes have been properly 
pinched they will need no stakes. The plants 
and fruit want plenty of air and light and 
should not be tied up in a bundle. 
For Garden Culture it is often de- 
sirable to mulch very heavily with straw to 
keep down weeds and grass as well as to 
conserve moisture. In this way it only re- 
quires a little work, and a few plants will 
supply a large family. 
All our raspberry plants this year are not 
only the largest in rootage but are pure 
pedigree from young stock and can hardly 
be equalled in fruiting pcwer. 
