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We Are Sorry to Be Compelled to Omit Hundreds 
Aniericaii is of no commercial value compared to the newer kinds, such as 
Americus, Progressive and Francis. It was necessary to have the Pan Ameri¬ 
can because it is the parent of these improved kinds, but compared to them 
it is of no more value than the wild strawberry of The field as compared to 
the Senator Dunlap. 
There are a few varieties of June bearing strawberries that will infre- 
(piently bear a freak or second crop of berries in the fall of the year. This 
crop is always inferior, is never of much consequence and cannot be depended 
uijon. J'rue fall bearing or everbearing varieties can be depended upon to 
b»*ar a good crop of fruit every year as certain as common varieties bear in 
June. Tlu; question is do you want fall strawberries? If you do yoti can 
hav(' them and in plenty. 
Raspberries 
'I'he raspberry is second only in importance to the strawberry, its season 
of ripening is late in July and August, following late strawberries closely. It 
does not retiuire (piite as much skill to succeed with raspberries and thej' are 
sometimes (luite as profitable as strawberries. The demand for them has 
been exceedingly good during the past few years. 
BRIEF CULTURAL DlRhCTIONS 
Raspberries do best on well drained upland, preferably gravel or sandy 
loam. There are three dift'erent types in common cultivation, the reds, blacks 
and purples. Tlie red varieties grow upright and can be planted somewhat 
closer than the others. We would make the rows for reds 5 to 6 feet apart: 
for blacks, 6 to 7 feet apart, and for purple varieties, 7 to 8 feet apart. The 
plants can be set from 1 to 3 feet apai't in the rows. W^e adv'ise planting 
close, say 1 foot to 18 inches in the row, as it tends to make the canes smaller 
and less liable to be broken off by heavy winds. The plants must be kept 
free of weeds by frequent hoeings and horse cultivation. The young plants of 
the red rapsberry that will come up so thickly, should be shaved off with the 
hoe, treated as weeds and only those that come up in the hill be allowed to 
grow into canes. When the canes of raspberries are 1 foot high the first 
year, they should be nipped off, to cause the bush to grow stout and stocky 
The second and succeeding years we advise allowing the canes to get 18 
inches to 2 feet high before nipping back. Raspberries can be kept productive 
and in good condition for several years by the application of about 500 lbs. of 
good commercial fertilizer to each acre in the spring of every year, providing 
clean culture is maintaiiKHl and tlie old canes cm out after fruiting. 
