16 Linn County Nursery 
Raspberries 
A common plan for laying out a raspberry plantation is to plant in rows six to 
eight feet apart from two to three feet or more in the row; but recent experience has 
convinced us that there is a better way. It is to plant in hedge rows eight to 
ten feet apart and twelve to eighteen inches apart in the row. The dense hedge row 
smothers out all weeds and renders cultivation easier and quicker. The space between 
the rows should be frequently and well cultivated. 
It is a well known fact that raspberries are always finer, larger and sweeter If 
grown partially in the shade; the hedge row furnishes this condition. It also protects 
the young canes from being twisted and broken by the wind. The result is more canes, 
finer fruit and easier and quicker cultivation. Give this plan a trial and you will be 
convinced of its advantage over the old way. 
Black Varieties 
Cumberland — Very large; firm, sweet and 
very good; splendid for any purpose. 
Very vigorousi healthy and hardy. A 
little earlier than Gregg; one of the 
best varieties. 
Gregg — Very large and productive: sweet 
and good, very firm. One of the best 
shippers. Eight to ten days later than 
Older. 
Kansas — Large, early, moderately firm; 
very good. Enormously productive; 
withstands drought splendidly. Many 
give it first place for home use or mar- 
ket. 
Older — Large, roundish; very early, rich 
and good. A great drought resister. 
Ripens perfectly; seeds small. Origi- 
nated in Iowa, and is one of the hardiest 
on the list; a fine variety for home use 
or local market; not firm enough for 
long shipments. 
Plum Farmer — Large, sweet and juicy, but 
firm; early and very productive. Splen- 
did for every purpose. A new and prom- 
ising variety. 
Purple Cap Varieties 
Cardinal — Large, dark red, firm, with an 
agreeable rich flavor which develops 
to perfection in cooking. There is no 
better variety for canning or jam; it 
ripens rather late. The canes are up- 
right, very strong and vigorous, with 
few thorns, and very free from diseases. 
One of the hardiest and most productive 
of all raspberries. 
Haymaker — A rival of the Cardinal; large, 
dark red, firm and excellent. Very 
vigorous and hardy. Often declared to 
be the most profitable raspberry on 
earth. 
Red Varieties 
These multiply by suckers and sprout 
all over the ground near them, so they 
must be confined to narrow rows by run- 
ning the plow through them frequently 
during the growing season. With proper 
care and cultivation they excel all other 
raspberries in quality and equal them in 
productiveness. 
Colorado .Ironclad — Medium to large, 
bright red sweet and delicious, but too 
soft for market use. Canes are very 
healthy, vigorous and hardy. A splendid 
variety for home use. Ripens with King. 
Eaton — Bright red, very large, firm and 
of the best quality. 
King — Generally considered the best early 
red raspberry. Berries large, bright red 
and moderately firm. It ripens with the 
earliest black variety. Canes are hardy, 
productive and vigorous. 
Loudon — Very large, beautiful dark crim- 
son, splendid quality and very pro- 
ductive. It endures our coldest winters 
without protection. One of the very 
best of the red raspberries. 
Ohta — Large red, quite firm, of good 
quality, and very prolific. Hardy far 
north without protection. One of Prof. 
Hansen's productions. 
Sunbeam — Red, medium, of good quality 
and verv valuable where hardiness is 
first to be considered as it is hardy to 
Manitoba. Another of Prof. Hansen's 
productions. 
Cumberland. 
