BRIDGMAN NURSERY COMPANY, BRIDGMAN, MICHIGAN 
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Cumberland Raspberries. 
Black Raspberries 
Set four by six feet apart. Do not, under any 
circumstances, plant them where it is the least 
bit inclined to be wet. Strawberries, Red Rasp- 
berries, Blackberries, will all stand more wet, 
so look out. 
They should have a nice, warm, dry piece of 
land. One that is quite sandy is best, and one 
that is too light for corn or hay or pasture will 
make an ideal place for Black Raspberries. 
It take 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. We use nothing but cattle manure, and 
we find that 10 or 12 loads per acre each year 
is a good investment. Our raspberry plants are 
grown with few exceptions on sandy soil, and 
where this is not practicable we select a piece 
of land that is well drained, naturally or with 
tile underdraining. If you should set Black 
Raspberries in a tile drained field you will 
notice how much better the plants grow direct- 
ly over the tile than they do away from it and 
that the crop is much heavier on the plants 
close to the tile line. Avoid a piece of land that 
has a tendency to heave in the winter or spring. 
They come at a season when other fruits are 
scarce, and are usually a very good paying 
proposition. Ship well and may be put up by 
the housewife in a great many ways. They are 
also valuable for evaporating. 
We have Fancy A No. 1 Tips for our spring 
trade and can give you the very best plants 
you can buy. Your early order will be appre- 
ciated. We are offering them much cheaper 
than other nurseries arid we can afford to be- 
cau.se we grow them right here on the place 
and you can get them fresh dug, true to name, 
and all the best varieties. If you only order 
one kind, order Cumberland. Black Raspber- 
ries need no trellises; as soon as the new 
growth has attained a height of 2 feet go along 
and pinch out the tip of the new growth; don't 
let any get over 2 feet high before you pinch 
or cut out the tip. If we have a large field to 
go over we take a sharp butcher knife and 
hack them off as near the end as we can, cut- 
ting off from one 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 
can support itself, and the berries will be much 
larger, better flavor, and more pleasurable to 
pick. Some of them will be nearly an Inch in 
diameter. Black Raspberries, properly grown, 
are one of the main sources of money: there 
is hardly a person but what is fond of them. 
A Black Raspberry pie or jam, for instance; 
just ask your little boy or girl and see what 
they say about it; if you have no boy or girl 
you won't need many Black Raspberries. 
CUMBERIiAND. The most popular Black 
Cap at the present time, because of its great 
size, firmness and great productiveness. The 
fruit is the largest of the raspberry family, 
often measuring seven-eighths of an inch In 
diameter, and is of such handsome appearance 
that it is siire to bring the top of the market. 
Cumberland is very hardy and will stand many 
degrees below zero without injury. It Is the 
heaviest bearing variety now grown. In Cum- 
berland you have berries that fill any want 
that you may have. We have fruited all of the 
other varieties, but they all fall away behind 
Cumberland. We have fruited it for a num- 
lier of years and if you will trim them back so 
the stock will not be 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 picking season of any 
