:^ SMALL FRUITS AND HOW TO PROW THEM 
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THE COLUMBIAN RASPBERRY. 
(Exact Size.) 
roots very deeply, but does well on heavier 
land. 2Sc per doz., 60c per 100 and $3.50 per 
1,000. 
Wilson's Albany (B). An old favorite. 
Probably has done more to popularize straw- 
berrv growing than any other. We were 
oversold on our stock last spring and can- 
not furnish plants this year. 
Wil.son Improved (B). A seedling of 
the old Wilson and closely resembling it but 
foliage not subject to rust. It is very pro- 
ductive and I believe will entirely supersede 
its parent. Season very early to late. 25c 
per doz., 7Sc per 100 and $4.00 per 1,000. 
RASPBERRIES. 
Sad havoc has been played with rasp- 
berries throughout the country. Not one 
grower in fifty is receiving one-half the net 
returns he ought to. 
It has been an almost universal practice 
for growers to fruit plantations until run 
out and then propagate from these to start a 
new bed which is in turn exhausted. 
Pruning' has often been deficient so 
the plants have become pollen exhausted, 
and while the canes grow large they pro- 
duce little fruit. The weakened canes suc- 
cumb to fungi and insects, and after four or 
five crops the usefulness is ended. 
Nurserymen have contributed to this 
condition of things by contracting for plants 
with parties who grow raspberries largely 
for evaporating. Size and flavor cut no 
figure so bushes are allowed to bear every 
year all they will and are soon destroyed 
and these plants are then sent broadcast 
over the country on account of the low price 
at which they can be offered. 
The true way is to breed them up by 
propagating from young ideal canes in rapid 
