BRIDGMAN NURSERY COMPANY, BRIDGMAN, MICHIGAN 
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Cumberland Black Raspberries. 
Black Raspberries 
They 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 yo.ur 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 a few exceptions on sandy soil. 
If you should set Black Raspberries In a tile 
drained field you will notice how much better 
the plants grow directly 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 a very good paying proposition. 
Ship well and may be put up by the housewife 
in a great many ways. Are also valuable for 
evaporating. 
We have Fancv A No. 1 Tips for our spring 
trade and can give you the very best. Tour 
early order will be appreciated. We are offer- 
ing them much cheaper than other nurseries, 
and we can afford to, because we grow them 
right here and you can get them fresh dug, 
true to name, and all the best varieties. If you 
only order one kind, order Cumberland. Black 
Raspberries need no trellises; as soon as the 
new growth has attained a height of 2 feet go 
alone and pinch out the ti"^ of the new srrowth; 
don't let any get over 2 feet high before you 
pinch or cut out the tin. 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. 
cutting 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 and of better flavor. 
CUMBERLAND. 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 sure 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 the berries that will 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 
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 oft to six inches 
in length, then you will get fruit that will sur- 
prise you and give you the largest picking sea- 
son of any black raspberry. Cumberland sets 
so many berries that it is absolutely necessary 
to give it a severe trimming. It is covered with 
berries and could not hold up the immense 
load if they should all attain their proper size. 
Don't be afraid to trim them. 
GREGG. Has been the leading market va- 
riety all over the country for years. A standard 
late Black Cap. It is of good size, has a slight 
bloom, fine flavor, carries well, is easily picked. 
Plants are fairly hardy. 
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, wonder- 
fully productive and has an extra long picking 
season. 
