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THE AMATEUR’S KITCHEN GARDEN. 
For Pyramids and Bushes, or to train on Walls. — - 
Early Favourite *, Green Gage*, Jefferson, Mirabelle, Golden 
Gage, Heine Claud e de Bar ay*, Guthries Late Green. 
The Raspberry is less accommodating than the black cur- 
rant, but will endure partial shade very well. Its most 
important requirement is a deep, moist, rich soil. As for 
many years past we have given up pruning and training 
raspberries, we are bound to say that we shall never return to 
the practice unless it be to prove the folly of the procedure. 
Plant the canes four feet apart, in one long row, or if in many 
rows let the rows be live feet asunder. If the land is suitable 
for them, they will in the next season throw up a few strong 
stout canes, and every year afterwards just as many canes will 
appear as are wanted, and these will arch out slightly to 
enjoy light and air, and will not need any support whatever. 
On the other hand, if the soil is poor and thin, and the canes 
are planted thickly, pruning and training will be needful, 
and the worst of all ways to treat them is to tie them in 
bundles to upright stakes. When we say that in a strong 
soil with plenty of room between, they do not need pruning, 
it is not to be understood that the dead canes that have 
borne fruit are to be left. They must be removed for the sake 
of tidiness. But there is one golden rule that must be fol- 
lowed. The ground must never be dug between or near 
raspberries, but a thick coat of fat manure should be spread 
amongst them some time in the autumn or early in the spring. 
It is advisable to make a new plantation from single canes 
fairly rooted about every seven years to allow of the destruc- 
tion of old plantations that are wearing out. 
The best varieties are Bed Antwerp *, White Antwerp , 
Fastolj * Prince of Wales Double Bearing. Of these the 
two specially marked are sufficient for almost any garden. 
The Blackberry may be treated in the same way as the 
raspberry, but in a well kept garden it must be trained in 
some way on account of its straggling growth and terrible 
armour. A very pretty feature may be made by planting 
a lot of the Lawton Blackberry to ramble over a rough bank. 
This variety in a strong soil produces an abundance of fruit 
that is sure to meet with favour in the household, and is of 
great service to mix with damsons in tarts. There are about 
half a dozen sorts of American blackberries in cultivation, and 
they form a pretty collection for an amateur who cares about 
such things. 
