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For  almost  half  a  century  the  name 
of  Lovett  has  stood  for  the  choicest 
obtainable  in  Raspberries,  Strawber¬ 
ries,  Blackberries,  Grapes  and  all 
those  nursery  products  generally 
known  as  small  fruits.  During  our 
business  career  we  have  had  but  one  single  aim: 
to  grow  the  choicest  plant  products  obtainable 
under  congenial  soil  and  climatic  conditions,  with 
the  help  of  skilled  labor. 
The  existence  of  thousands  of  satisfied  customers 
throughout  the  land  speaks  in  a  measure  for  the 
quality  of  the  plants  we  have  supplied.  We  shall 
continue  to  make  every  endeavor  to  produce  a  plant 
product  better  than  the  ordinary  commercial  grades. 
Please  write  for  the 
45th  Annual  Edition  of  the  Catalog 
Through  it  we  will  endeavor  to  introduce  to  you 
what  we  feel  is  the  largest  stock  of  really  choice 
varieties  of  small  fruits,  besides  some  unusual  Roses, 
a  broad  line  of  hardy  perennials  and  other  select 
nursery  products. 
Mailed  to  all  our  customers  of  record  about  middle 
of  January,  but  we  would  like  to  see  it  in  the 
hands  of  every  RURAL  NEWYORKER 
Reader  not  at  present  among  our  customers. 
LOVETT’S  NURSERY.  Box  162.  Littls  Silver,  New  Jersey 
BERRY  PUNTS 
Strawberry  plants,  earliest,  latest,  largest,'  asost 
productive  and  everbearing  varieties.  Itaspberry, 
blackberry,  dewberry.  Loganberry,  gooseberry, 
currant,  grape  plants. 
VEGETABLE  ROOTS 
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roots. 
VEGETABLE  PUNTS 
Cabbage,  cauliflower,  beet,  celery,  onion,  egg  plant, 
pepper,  tomato,  lettuce,  parsley,  sweet  potato  plants. 
FLOWER  PUNTS  &  BULBS 
Delphinium,  hollyhock,  Canterbury  belle,  foxglove, 
Sweet  William,  phlox,  poppy  and  other  perennial 
flower  plants;  aster,  pansy,  salvia,  snapdragon, 
verbena,  zinnia,  etravflower,  begonia,  geranium 
and  other  annual  flower  plants;  dahlia,  canna. 
gladiolus,  peony,  iris,  bulbs;  reses,  shrubs. 
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Growing  Red  Raspberries 
Part  II 
Cultivation. — While  this  is  one  of  the 
most  important  things  necessary,  few 
words  are  required.  Start  as  early  in 
the  season  as  possible.  Do  the  best  work 
you  know  how.  and  do  it  as  often  as  pos¬ 
sible.  Frame  this  as  a  motto  and  try  to 
live  up  to  it. 
Fertilization. — Next  only  to  health 
of  plant  is  proper  feeding.  This  is  so  in 
the  growing  of  any  fruit.  The  amount 
of  new  grow’th.  number,  size  and  condition 
of  foliage  that  a  plant  or  tree  makes  each 
season  is  practically  an  absolute  guide  to 
the  number  and  size  of  fruit  a  tree  or 
plant  will  carry.  And  while  it  ought  to 
be  apparent  to  all  that  a  3-ft.  cane  can 
never  carry  as  much  fruit  as  a  6-ft,  one, 
or  as  many  fruit  spurs  form  on  6  in.  of 
new  growth  as  on  16,  yet  I  believe  that 
literally  thousands  of  really  good  growers 
never  have  given  this  important  point  a 
thought.  I  believe  for  red  raspberries 
as  the  one  best  method  to  be  a  liberal 
dressing  of  stable  manure  applied  late  in 
the  Fall,  with  a  dressing  of  1,000  lbs.  of 
acid  phosphate  early  in  Spring.  I  realize 
the  stable  manure  proposition  is  almost 
out  of  the  question  with  many  growers. 
The  next  best  is  probably  a  high-grade 
fertilizer  carrying  four  per  cent  of  nitro¬ 
gen.  at  least  1,000  lbs.  per  acre  early  in 
Spring.  A  point  in  favor  of  the  fertilizer 
is  less  weeds,  which,  on  the  other  hand, 
will  on  most  soils  necessitate  the  work¬ 
ing  in  of  organic  matter  of  some  kind. 
This  will  be  necessary  not  only  to  main¬ 
tain  a  proper  mechanical  condition  to  en¬ 
able  satisfactory  cultivation,  but  that  you 
may  get  full  benefit  of  fertilizers,  which 
one  never  can  get  if  ground  gets  in  a 
condition  where  it  is  often  puddled  or 
baked. 
Pruning. — -As  previously  indicated, 
when  new  hard  wood  plants  are  set.  I 
like  soon  as  possible  to  cut  them  back 
to  IS  to  20  in.  This,  first  of  all,  stops 
most  swaying  of  the  plants  by  the  Fall 
winds,  which  sometimes  otherwise  loosens 
the  plants  to  such  an  extent  air  gets  to 
the  root,  which  is  detrimental,  if  not 
fatal.  It  also  lessens  evaporation  by  re¬ 
ducing  the  exposed  portion,  thereby  mak¬ 
ing  your  chance  of  loss  from  plants  drying 
out  before  establishing  contacts  much 
less.  Some  of  our  newer  varieties  of  red 
raspberries  are  very  precocious,  hard  wood 
plants  set  in  Fall  often  loading  heav¬ 
ily.  It  will  be  a  distinct  advantage  and 
help  materially  in  the  stand  if  in  such 
cases  all  blossoms  and  berries  are  kept  off 
until  a  new  cane  from  each  plant  has 
been  started.  After  new  canes  are  started 
there  can  be  no  harm  from  letting  old 
canes  bear.  All  old  canes  should  be  out 
as  soon  as  possible  after  fruiting  is  over 
and  burned.  In  this  way  a  considerable 
check  will  be  maintained  against  the  in¬ 
crease  of  many  insects  and  diseases.  At 
this  time,  too,  all  canes  showing  swellings 
or  other  signs  of  insect  or  disease  of  the 
current  season’s  growth  should  be  taken 
out.  After  this  with  me  the  new  canes 
are  not  thinned  until  late  in  Fall,  and 
most  times  until  Spring.  When  time 
finally  comes  to  establish  a  stand  for 
fruiting,  two  of  the  strongest  canes  are 
left  if  distance  is  not  more  than  15  to  18 
in.;  if  more  than  that,  three,  and  if  a 
thin  place  in  the  row,  sometimes  four; 
these  are  tied  with  as  even  a  spread  as 
possible  to  the  three  wires,  spaced  one 
about  2  ft.  from  the  ground,  one  6  ft.  or 
more,  and  one  between.  The  method  of 
pruning  would  be  the  same  in  any  case. 
The  stand,  however,  might  need  be  very 
different,  running  from  three  to  eight  if 
grown  in  hills  to  be  staked,  and.  worked 
each  way,  and  varying  from  that  to  canes 
standing  a  foot  apart  in  hedgerow  from 
1  to  2  ft.  wide.  The  most  serious  mistake 
that  can  be  made  is  to  leave  more  fruiting 
canes  than  will  mature  a  full  crop  of 
good  fruit  and  produce  a  full  stand  of 
strong  new  fruiting  canes  for  each  fol¬ 
lowing  season  from  the  pla/jt  food  avail¬ 
able.  Handled  properly,  aside  from  vari¬ 
ation  due  to  seasonal  conditions,  there 
should  be  few  off  years  in  the  matter  of 
production.  To  put  it  a  lide  differently, 
in  this  as  in  all  other  lines  of  fruit  grow¬ 
ing,  the  man  who  is  constantly  working 
to  increase  the  crop  a  year  in  the  future 
is  surest  of  success. 
Picking  and  Packing. — To  gather  a 
tair  size  crop  of  red  raspberries  in  an 
average  season  requires  as  much  skill  as 
any  phase  Of  fruit  growing.  The  outlet 
for  red  raspberries  is  always  limited,  due 
entirely  to  comparative  high  prices. 
\\  herever  outlet  is  curtailed  for  any  rea¬ 
son,  high  quality  is  the  surest  thing  to 
increase  demand.  Red  raspberries  are 
very  susceptible  to  extreme  heat,  warm 
rains,  bruising  of  fruit,  close  covering, 
dampness,  and  other  things,  which  cause 
almost  immediate  mold  and  decay.  Care¬ 
ful  pickers  no  matter  what  the  cost,  are 
an  absolute  necessity.  Picking  should 
never  be  done  when  berries  are  damp,  ex¬ 
cept  for  immediate  use.  Any  bruising  of 
the  fruit  will  cause  almost  immediate 
mold  spots  in  the  package.  Pint  baskets 
are  much  better  than  quarts,  because  of 
the  less  pressure  on  fruit.  Movement  of 
berries  in  transit  is  almost  sure  to  cause 
a  wet  package.  Therefore  all  baskets 
should  be  packed  full  and  slightly  round¬ 
ed,  and  for  best  results  so  packed  in 
crate,  and  transported  that  there  is  a 
minimum  of  vibration.  Red  berries,  for 
best  condition,  should  generally  be  picked 
every  other  day.  However,  because  there 
is  no  market  on  Sundays  for  Saturday's 
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should  know  about  our  nursery  stock,  and  much 
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