Lyon, John A. Warder, Robert Rurneett, 
Josiali IToopes. E. P. Roe, John Saul, O. B. 
Gallusha, A. S. Fuller, E. S. Carman (Rural 
New Yorker ,) P. T. Quinn, B. F. Transom 
Parker Earle. Win. Parry, F. M. Hexamer, 
John T. Lovett. D. B Wier. Prof. George 
Ifussman and others, covering the various 
climate conditions of nearly the whole con¬ 
tinent. 
We have no hesitation in claiming that as 
it appears here, this is the largest rasp¬ 
berry in the WORLD, as it averages gath¬ 
ered by the bushel from the field. We 
claim also that it is the most vigorous in 
growth of cane, and that it is exceedingly 
productive. It is a Cap berry, propagating 
from tips. 
President T. T. Lyon, of Michigan, makes 
a favorable report of it from spring set 
plants. 
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Market Gardening, 
Mr. W, F. Massey, an old and experi¬ 
enced gardener and plant grower of Mary¬ 
land has recently written an article for the 
American Farmer which is so full of inter¬ 
esting and valuable ideas on the use of 
glass in gardening for market that we feel 
constrained to present it to our readers. 
He says: 
In our ideal market garden we will sup¬ 
pose there is at least one greenhouse or for¬ 
cing-pit, say 10x50 feet inside, provided 
with heating apparatus capable of main¬ 
taining a night temperature in the coldest 
weather of at least 60 degrees Fahrenheit 
without necessity for too much sitting up 
at night. Also that there are sashes, 6x6 
feet. t<> the liumbet of 250 or more, with 
frames provided for double the number of 
sashes Being so fixed, if our land is all 
right we are prepared to be in market with 
the earliest. We will begin with the toma¬ 
to crop February 1st. though the green¬ 
house and sashes will not be idle up to that 
time, as we will hereafter show. The house 
should be arranged with a walk though its 
whole length about two and a-half feet 
wide, and tables on each side tlnee and 
three-quarters feet wide. These not more 
than twelve inches from the glass at the 
side of the house, and the flue or hot-water 
pipes should be about the same distance 
underneath. A strip nailed on the front 
and back of this bench or table should be 
deep enough to allow a bed of soil thereon 
about three inches deep. Be sure always 
that there is an open space between the 
back of the table and the side of the house, 
to allow the heat to rise next the glass. 
Having the house in readiness, we will 
place on these tables three inches of good 
loamy soil. This soil is best prepared by 
cutting sods from an old pasture and stack¬ 
ing them up, with a good proportion (say 
one-fourth) of cow manure, for a year pre¬ 
vious to using. (Florists have long known 
the value of such loam, and market garden¬ 
ers would find that a good sod stack,always 
kept replenished and placed under cover in 
winter, would be of equal value to them.) 
February 1st, in the warmest corner, sow 
seed of Acme tomato in boxes of soil very 
thickly, and maintain a night temperature 
of 55 to 60 degrees. Thej r will soon make 
their appearance, and just so soon as the 
plants can be handled lift them carefully 
from the seed boxes and N transplant them 
into the soil on the tables, about two inches 
apart each way. A night temperature of 
50 degrees will now be plenty, as a high 
heat will tend to “draw” the plants. 
When the plants have made two or three 
sets of rough leaves and begin to look 
crowded, go over them and cut them all 
down to the seed leaves. Now keep them 
rather dry until they shoot apart. Pinch 
shoots that seem inclined to grow too fast, 
and above all, keep the house well ventila¬ 
ted in day-time whenever the temperature 
is above freezing. 1 f these matters are wel I 
attended to by the first of April, there will 
be a nice, short, stout, healthy lot of plants 
ready for the frames. At t-his date the 
sashes can be taken from the frames on 
which they have been used for cauliflower, 
etc., during the winter, and placed on some 
of the spare frames. Take the plants from 
the greenhouse tables and put them m the 
frames, fifty plants to a sash. Protect the 
glass with mats for a while, and gradually 
harden off so so as to be ready for the open 
ground by the end of the first week in May 
