BRIDGMAN NURSERY COMPANY, BRIDGMAN, MICHIGAN 
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Black Raspberries 
Should have a nice, warm, dry piece of 
land. One that is quite sandy is best. It 
takes a light soil to keep Black Raspberries 
healthy and to make them bear. If you 
want large crops from your patch you must 
fertilize it well. Our Raspberry plants are 
grown with a few exceptions on sandy soil. 
As soon as the new growth has attained 
a height of 2 feet go along and pinch out 
the tip of the new growth. If we have a 
large field to go over we take a sharp 
butcher knife and hack them off as near the 
top as we can, cutting off from two to three 
inches of new growth, then in the following 
spring, just after they show life, trim all of 
the laterals or new shoots that have come 
out, so they will be about six inches long. 
Then you will have a cane that will support 
itself, and the berries will be much larger 
and of better flavor. 
CUMBERLAND. The most popular Black 
Cap at the present time, because of its great 
size, firmness and productiveness. The fruit 
is the largest of the raspberry family, often 
measuring seven-eighths of an inch in diam- 
eter, and is of such handsome appearance 
that it is sure to bring the top of the market. 
Cumberland is very hardy and will stand 
many degrees below zero without injury. 
We have fruited all of the other varieties, 
but they all fall away behind the Cumber- 
land. We have fruited it for a number of 
years, and if you will trim them back so the 
stalk will be not more than 2% feet high 
and cut the laterals off to six inches in 
length, then you will get fruit that will 
surprise you and give you the largest pick- 
ing season of any black raspberry. Cumber- 
land sets so many berries that it is abso- 
lutely necessary to give it a severe trim- 
ming. It is covered with berries and could 
not hold up the immense load if they should 
all attain their proper size. ' 
PLUM FARMER. Very good cropper. 
Nice, large berries, but somewhat soft. This va- 
riety is not gaining in popularity as it promised 
a few years ago. Experienced growers do not 
favor it very strongly. It comes a few days ahead 
of Cumberland. 
bunch of our Cumberland Black Raspberrici}- 
productive and largest berry grown. 
-the most 
KANSAS. Entirely healthy, with tough, clean, 
hardy foliage. The fruit is large, of black, glossy 
color, entirely free from bloom. Firm and of best 
shipping qualities; wonderfully productive and 
has an extra long picking season. 
Red Raspberries 
Red Raspberries are recognized as a great money 
maker. An acre planted to assorted varieties will 
make an income of many hundred dollars per 
year, and come in a season when you have time to 
look after them. 
They will grow in any soil where water does not 
stand. On high or low land great crops are grown. 
They should be planted in six feet rows, plants 
about three feet apart, to get nice large berries. 
Should be trimmed down to about 2% feet high. 
King 
This variety is rapidly replacing the Cuthbert 
berry in all sections where the former has become 
known. Being a perfect beauty when picked, com- 
ing early and fruiting long, it is an immense crop- 
per and becoming more popular each season. The 
bright red berries, as large as a copper penny 
very firm and fine flavor, pick nicely and do not 
crumble like some berries. Becoming too ripe 
does not affect the color at all. They are indeed 
a showy fruit, perfectly hardy and healthy in 
every way. There is more money in raising King 
Red Raspberries than any cane fruit we know of. 
One of our neighbors made $3,500 on six acres of 
Kings the past year. We certainly cannot recom- 
mend the King too highly. If they were as well 
known as some of the older varieties ■ our stock 
of plants would not last long. All growers should 
have the King. 
THOMPSON EARLY RED RASPBERRY. Has 
been a favorite with many growers for a long time, 
and on account of its earliness and the consequent 
high prices it continues to hold its own. Were it 
better known it would be more generally planted. 
The worst objection is its size, but you can remedy 
this by good cultivation and cutting out canes, 
leaving but three to five in a hill. 
