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Raspberries 
While atrawberries may be set any growing month of the year and get fairly good results, 
raspberries must be set at certain seasons or the results are not good. The best time to set then 
is when the plants are dormant In early spring or after Oct. 1st in the fall. If the plants have bees 
held back, they may be set later in the spring and good results are also secured by taking up the 
green and growing plants and setting them out the same day, after the young canes have made a 
growth of 6 to 8 in^es. The more cloudy and moist the day, the better will be the results. The 
best patch of black raspberries 1 ever fruited was set about June 10 with young plants that had 
grown up 12 to 18 Inches before we transplanted them. 
The more vigorous - rowing the variety is, the farther apart It ought to be set. Red raiqi^ 
berries may be set In crntlnuous rows 5 to 6 feet apart and the plants set one to three feet ape^ 
In the rows; or they ma.. be set 5 to 6 feet apart each way and kept closely In hills, cultivating 
both ways. Black and purpte raspberries may be set on the same plan, but the rows for blaoh 
caps should be one foot farther apart and for purple raspberries two feet farther apart, than for 
red raspberries. «Vhcn plants are set in hills to cultivate both ways, it Is a good plan to set two 
g iants In each bill afc>oQt six Inches apart from each other. Raspberries need to be well tended and 
oed the first year but in after years, most of the work can be done bv horse and cultivator In early 
spring, and Just after the fruit is harvested. The old canes should always be cut out and burned 
a^er fruiting. 
We consider the raspberry second In Importance to the strawberry. It Is not so profitable, acre 
for acre, but many people prefer to grow them because there is not as much hand labor to them. 
Red Varieties 
Herbert. After fruiting the Herbert for aeveral 
years, we have come to the conclusion that it Is 
the best variety of red raspberry for us to grow. 
Others may have different conditions and succeed 
better with other varieties, but give us the Her¬ 
bert. Our reasons are summarized In the fol¬ 
lowing words,—The Herbert Is a good thrifty 
grower, making nice straight tall canes. The 
canes appear to be entirely hardy. It originated 
In Canada and ought to be hardy. It Is enorm¬ 
ously productive. The berries are very large 
round In shape and of the very finest flavor. It 
IS quits firm and a good shipper. The plants are 
almost entirely free of diseases and fruit well on 
the same piece from year to year. We might go 
on to say a lot but this Is sufficient. Price of 
plants. 15c each, 25 for $1.60: 100, $6.00; 1000, $40. 
2 yr. old transplants, 25c each, 26 for $2.60; 100. 
$8.00; 1000, $60. 
Outhbert. This Is the old standby. The canes are 
very thrifty and with good care attain large size. 
The plants are very fruitful and hardy when kept 
clean of weeds, the surplus plants removed and 
the old canes removed after fruiting. The berries 
are large oblong, dark colored, very pretty and 
of the very highest flavor. A shortcake made of 
Cuthbert red raspberries is fit for a king. A 
good shipper and a favorite In market. The 
plants are almost entirely free of all diseases. 
Price, 10c each; 26 for $1.00; 100, $2.60; 1000, 
$20. 2 yr. old transplants, 20c each; 25 for $1.60: 
100, $5.00; 1000; $40. 
fit. B«gls Everbearing. Plants are good growers, 
very thrifty and make many new plants. This 
variety fruits in the summer and again in the fall 
on the new growth. The plants are healthy and 
a plantation seems to Improve in vigor and pro¬ 
ductiveness from year to year. This variety has 
been known to produce berries in the fall which 
sold at the rate of $800 to the acre. The best 
results are obtained by cutting off the canes that 
grew the year before and forcing a more vigor¬ 
ous growth of new cane. On this new cane, the 
berries are produced in the late summer and fall. 
The St. Regis berries are fine in flavor but com¬ 
pared to other varieties are rather small, especially 
In the regular summer fruiting season. Price of 
planU, 16c each; 26. $1.60; 100. $6.00; 1000, $36. 
Brskine Park Everbearing. Pound growing by a 
Mr. Norman on the estate of George Westing- 
house at Lee, Massachusetts. The canes are 
stocky growers with unusually heavy roots. The 
berries are not of much account in the regular 
fruiting season. To attain the best results, the 
canes that grew the year before must be re- 
movd either in the late fall after they have made 
their full growth or in the early spring before 
the growth of the new canes commences. This 
of course will destroy the regular summer crop 
and the fall crop will be produced on the young 
canes in late summer and fall. The Erskine Park 
did well for us in 1919 and 1920 but was nearly 
a complete failure in 1921. We suspect it was 
on account of the extreme dry season and the 
fact that we neglected cultivation somewhat and 
had no water to apply to help them out. We In¬ 
troduced and recommended the Erskine Park on 
the strength of the statements of two well known 
gentlemen, Mr. Bert Baker of eastern New York 
and Mr. Geo. M. Darrow of the United States 
Dept, of Agriculture. Mr. Baker wrote us that 
100 plants of the Erskine Park produced mors 
fruit In the fall than several acres of the St. 
Regis grown on the same kind of soil in tbs 
same year. Mr. Geo. M. Darrow writes us as fol¬ 
lows, 'T have seen the Erskine Park at Mr. 
Norman’s place. It seems very hardy, having 
stood the winters in Eastern New York, Wsstsra 
Massachusetts and Southern Vermont, without in¬ 
jury. The berries are very large and conical in 
shape. In quality of fruit and quantity produoad 
on young canes in the autumn in places whsrs 
I have seen it. the Erskine Park surpasses tbs 
St. Regis or Ranere." 
Mr. E. J. Norman, who discovered the Brsklns 
Park, writes ms as follows:— 
Lee. Mass., Aug. 22nd, 1912. 
Mr. L. J. Farmer, Pulaski, N. Y.. 
Dear 8Ir:Yours concerning Erskine Park everbear¬ 
ing raspberry received. 1 find best treatment for fall 
fruit is to cut down canes after frost and to fruit 
on the new canes. This variety Is a very heavy 
and continuous cropper, sending out bunches of 
fruit all down the canes and a very heavy feeder, 
likes lots of manure, and a few good waterings 
during July helps out. Your description In pam¬ 
phlet Just received is about right, but a few errors 
should be corrected. The berry originated at Ers¬ 
kine Park, the Estate of Geo. Westingbouse, tbs 
Inventor of the air brake etc., not a Mr. Norton. 
Where his name got In I don’t know. Tell your 
customers not to expect big results until they get 
good strong canes. I am getting lots of berries 
now and expect to continue till hard frost. 
Truly yours. 
Edward J. Norman. 
The berries of the Erskine Park are different 
from most raspberries. It seems to belong to 
a distinct new race of raspberries. There are 
fewer seeds than In other raspberries and tbs 
drupes that surrounded the seeds are much largsr 
than in other raspberries. Like all raspberries 
that have larger drupes than usual, the berries 
are inclined to crumble In picking more than 
other raspberries, and are therefore more desirable 
for home use than for market, espcially markets 
where they must be transported some distance. 
Price of Erskine Park plants, 26c each; 6 for 
$1.00; 12 for $1.60; 26 for $2.60; 100 for $8; 
1000 for $60. 2 yr. transplants. 3&c each; 6 for 
$1.60; 12 for $2.60; 26 for $3.60; 100 for $12: 
1000 . for $100. 
LaFVance Everbearing. The LaPrance everbearing 
red raspberry originated in the garden of a 
Mr. Allas at Stamford, Conn., several years ago. 
It is undoubtedly a cross of two or more varietlea, 
as several varieties of raspberries were growing 
in the garden at the time the new berry was dis¬ 
covered. It was Introduced by a New York firm 
about three years ago at $2.00 per plant and 
much publicity was given it in the press. We 
recently spent two days in Investigating the 
merits of the LaPrance and were offered the aals 
of the whole proposition, but tbe price was too 
much for the uncertainty. The LaPrance rasp¬ 
berry is of the same general type as the Brsklns 
Park and I have no means of knowing at pres¬ 
ent which is superior. The people who control 
it claim that it is entirely hardy at Stamford 
and other places and much superior to Erskine 
Park and all other red raspberries that they 
have tested and they have tested several vari¬ 
eties. I have a letter from Mr. Darrow In wbiob 
he states that the Erskine Park surpassed tbs 
LaPrance in value near Washington this yesr, 
although Brskine Park was a failure at its orig¬ 
inal home and in some other places the past 
season. I saw the original patch of the IjaPranos 
