Fbotograpli of oar Pedigree Colnmtilaii Raspberries 
Growers should propagate iheir own plants as far 
as possible but bear in mind it is a great error to 
think you can grow fruitful plants from old 
run out scrub stock. 
You can order a few of these magnificent Pedi- 
gree plants this spring and bury the tips and thus 
get a start of thoroughbred plants for a large plan- 
tation next year. If your ground is ready you can- 
not afford to wait for propagating as the extra 
■berries on one crop would more than pay for 
plants and you would be one year ahead. 
Set in rows seven feet apart and three feet apart 
in the row. Having fitted the ground as for 
strawberries plow a furrow about five inches deep 
and set plants flat in the bottom of the furrow with 
roots spread in all directions taking great care not 
to break off the buds and firm the soil as solid as 
possible with the feet all around the plant and fill 
in the furrow with loose earth to act as a mulch. 
•Cultivation should be frequent until the last berry 
is picked when the old canes should be cut out 
and burned at once to destroy any fungi or insects 
which may have found a lodgment in them. 
It is the greatest blunder to stop cultivation and 
allow berries to dry up and canes to stop growing 
in mid-summer, and then make a late growth in 
the fall which will be sure to winter kill. 
One of the neatest ways of growing raspberries 
is to string a wire about four feet high with a stake 
every forty feet, and tie the canes to this. The ex- 
pense is not great, and it prevents the wind from 
threshing the berries off and gives clear space for 
cultivating. In this case I would not pinch them 
back, but let thera grow in their natural way, and 
at winter pruning cut of? the upper third, and this 
veil! leave enough buds to produce all the berries 
the bush can mature without exhaustion. I have 
come to regard pinchirig off terminal buds, when 
the plant is about eighteen inches high, a mistake. 
Checking natural growth at this time interferes 
with assimilation of plant food, and if the 
season is very dry and hot several days often in- 
tervene before new buds start. 
But if ground is rich canes get so long that cul- 
tivation is interfered with and pinching back 
might become a necessity if wire is not used. Great 
care should be exercised to remove only the ter- 
minal buds and not a leaf if it can be prevented. 
Never pinch in the laterals. One pinching of the 
main plant is enough. Never tie the canes to a 
stake in a bundle. They must have light and air 
and will not fruit without it. 
Red raspberries should be treated the same as 
blackcaps except no pinching should be done. Let 
them grow in their natural way. 
VARIETIES OF RASPBERRIES. 
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The Black Diamond. This will be introduce 
this year. It is called the Black Diamond because 
it is the most valuable of its class. In vigor of 
cane and freedom from signs of weakness it sur- 
passes anything we have ever seen. The plants 
sell at 35 cents each but you can get a few plants 
and bury the tips next August and get a 
start at very small expense. When your neigh- 
bors see the fruit and bushes they will want plants. 
It will become a leader as soon as plants can be had 
for general planting. 
Eureka made a great record again this year 
and is now acknowledged to be the best early black- 
cap yet introduced. Many of our berries are al- 
most an inch in diameter, shiny black and firm 
enough to ship anywhere. It has made a great 
record all over the country and will be more large- 
ly planted this year than any other .sort. Our plants 
are fully three times as large as any of this variety 
I have ever seen and are grown from ideal plants. 
Make this your leading variety and you will have 
no trouble about selling berries. 
Conrath. This stands at present as the best mid- 
season blackcap. It is of ironclad hardiness, ber- 
ries large, shiny black and is especially valuable 
for evaporating or for market. 
Palmer. The earliest blackcap grown. It ripens 
its fruit several days before strawberries are gone 
and enables you to supply families without a break. 
It is very vigorous and productive. 
