The Cultivation of Fruits 
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placed on shelves near the glass. Care must be taken to 
give plenty of water when growth has commenced, and 
they should also be syringed frequently to keep down Red 
Spider. If turfs are placed on the shelves, grass side 
downwards, and the pots placed on these, there is less 
chance of the plants suffering from drought. As the fruit 
ripens, rather less water will be required, but on no account 
must the plants get dry. 
Varieties — 
British Queen. Royal Sovereign. 
Kentish Favourite. Sir Joseph Paxton. 
Latest of All. Trafalgar. 
Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury. 
THE RASPBERRY 
This is a fruit which is more or less neglected in many 
gardens. As it is a useful plant, this should not be the 
case. 
A shady place is most suitable for this fruit, and a 
rather heavy soil suits it best. The soil should be thor- 
oughly dug or trenched and manured. The young plants 
may be planted either in the early winter or during 
February, and the canes should, in the early spring, be cut 
back to within 4 to 6 in. of the soil to ensure the young 
plants sending up fairly strong canes which will fruit the 
following season. It is worse than useless to look for any 
crop from the young plants the first season, and if the 
canes are not cut down they will break out and attempt to 
fruit, taking a large quantity of the strength of the plant, 
which will, in consequence, only send up weak canes, pro- 
ducing little or no fruit the following season. 
