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Raspberries 
For field culture raspberries should be plant- 
ed in rows four to six feet apart, two and one- 
half to three feet in rows, depending on the 
character of growth of sorts planted. 
The first year after planting cut the canes 
about two feet from the ground and when 
grown eighteen inches pinch off the ends, 
which will cause them to branch: repeat this 
when a new growth comes to make stocky 
plants. The following spring shear off a third 
of the wood, leaving a round bush. 
Only five or six shoots should be left on sorts 
that sucker. Cut off all others. 
Red and Purple Raspberries 
CoIuiiibUui. A new variety of great promise, 
ft is a vigorous grower and very hardy. Fruit 
purple and delicious for table or canning, and 
an excellent shipping variety. 
Cnthbci't, or Queen of tlie Market. Fruit is 
large, luscious, and produced in great pro- 
fusion. Color deep crimson: fruit very firm. 
Ripens from July 10 to 20, and continues a 
long time in fruit. Entirely hardy and yields 
heavy crops. Follows the Marlboro in season 
of ripening. 
Iferbert. Fruit large, bright red. somewhat 
oblong, the largest of red raspberries, very 
hardy. Flavor sweet and juicy. Season five 
or six days before Cuthbert. 
Asparagus 
To make a good asparagus bed the plants 
may be set in the fall or early spring. Pre- 
IJare a place of line loamy soil to which has 
been added a liberal dressing of good manure. 
Select two-year or strong one-year plants, and 
for a garden, set in rows 18 to 20 inches apart, 
with plants 10 to 12 inches in the row. 
The roots should be spread and planted so 
that the crowns, when covered, shall be three 
inches below the surface of the ground. If 
planted in the fall the whole bed should be 
covered before winter sets in with two or three 
inches of stable manure, which may be lightly 
forked in between the rows as soon as the 
ground opens in the spring. 
Conover's Colo.ssal. Highly recommended 
for its immense size, and being remarkably 
tender and high Ilavored. 
Donald’s Elmira. Color a delicate green, dif- 
ferent from other varieties, while the stalks 
are more tender and succulent. Its mammoth 
size always commands a fancy price. 
I'alincUo. it sells at quite an advance over 
other varieties on account of its mammoth size. 
Quality not excelled by any. 
CUKIl.'VXTS Continued. 
Ecc (I.ee’s Prolific). Black. Largest in berry 
and bunch, and best in quality and productive- 
ness of any black variety yet introduced. 
IVrfcclion. The color is a beautiful bright 
red; size as large or larger than the Fay; the 
clusters averaging longer. The I’erfection is 
a great bearer, resembling its parent, the 
White Grape, in this respect. The quality is 
rich, mild, sub-acid, plenty of pulp, with few 
seeds. After three years’ trial, this fruit was 
the first to receive the $50 Gold Medal of the 
Western New York Horticultural Society. 
White Grape. Very large, yellowish white; 
sweet or a very mild acid; excellent quality 
and valualile for the table. The finest of the 
white sorts. 
Wilder. A new red currant; fruit large, fine 
flavored, great yielder. profitable for market. 
Perfection Currants. 
Rhubarb 
Linnaeus. Large, early, 
tender and fine. The very 
best of all. This is the great “Wine Plant.” 
Cuthbert Raspberri**. 
