RASPBERRIES 
To keep a raspberry bed in good productive 
condition, the old, weak and dead wood should be 
cut out every season, to give strength to the young 
shoots for the next year’s bearing. In the spring 
the weakest suckers should be removed, leaving five 
or six of the strongest in each hill. The ground 
should be spaded and a top dressing of manure 
given. 
Protection. To guard against injury by the 
Winter, the canes may be tied to stakes and covered 
with straw, or they may be laid down in the Autumn 
and covered with a few inches of earth, leaves, litter, 
or branches of evergreens. 
They can be planted in the Fall or Spring with 
success. Black Caps cannot be planted in the 
Fall. 
Prices of Raspberries. — 10c each; 10 for 50 
cents; 100 for $2.00, except where noted. 
Not less than 10 of one variety at 10 rate; not 
less than 25 of one variety at 100 rate. 
RED AND PURPLE 
Columbian. Very large, dark red, bordering on 
purple; a very strong, robust grower, hardy 
and very productive. Valuable for market. 
Cuthbert. Medium to large, conical, deep rich 
crimson ; very firm; good quality; very hardy. 
Season medium to late; unquestionably one of 
the best varieties for market. 
Herbert. A hardy red raspberry, said to be supe¬ 
rior to Cuthbert. 
Marlboro. The best early red raspberry; hardy 
and productive. 
BLACK (Black Caps) 
Cumberland. Large, good quality, hardy and 
productive; mid-season. 
Eureka. Very large, glossy black, juicy, rich; 
hardy and very productive. A valuable, very 
early variety. 
STRAWBERRIES 
DIRECTIONS FOR CULTURE 
The Soil and its Preparation. The Strawberry may be successfully grown in any soil adapted to 
the growth of ordinary field or garden crops. The ground should be well prepared by trenching or plowing, 
at least eighteen or twenty inches deep, and be properly enriched as for any garden crop. It is unnecessary 
to say that, if the land is wet, it must be thoroughly drained. 
To Cultivate the Strawberry. For family use, we recommend planting in beds four feet wide, 
with an alley two feet wide between. These beds will accommodate three rows of plants, which may stand 
fifteen inches apart each way, and the outside row nine inches from the alley. The beds can be kept clean 
and the fruit can be gathered from them without setting the feet upon them. 
Covering in Winter. Where the winters are severe, with little snow for protection, a slight cover¬ 
ing of leaves or litter, or the branches of evergreens, will be of great service. This covering should not be 
placed over the plants until after the ground is frozen, usually from the middle of November till the first of 
December in this locality. Fatal errors are often made by putting on loo much and loo early. Care must 
also be taken to remove the covering in the spring, just as soon as the plants begin to grow. 
Mulching to Keep the Fruit Clean. Before the fruit begins to ripen, mulch the ground around 
the plants with short hay or straw, or grass mowings from the lawn, or anything of that sort. This will 
not only keep the fruit clean, but will prevent the ground from drying or baking, and thus lengthen the 
fruiting season. Tan bark can also be used as mulch. 
A bed managed in this way will give two full crops, and should then be spaded or plowed down, a new 
one in the meantime having been prepared to take its place. 
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KANSAS 
Gregg. Fruit large; good quality; season medium; 
hardy, a vigorous grower and great yielder. 
Kansas. Very large, handsome, firm, and of excel¬ 
lent quality; very hardy and productive. One 
of the best Black Caps. 
EVERBEARING RASPBERRY 
St. Regis. A variety said to produce fruit for four 
months. Brilliant crimson; good quality. 25c 
each. 10 for §2.00. 
NEW PURPLE RASPBERRY 
Royal Purple. A new variety, said to be superior 
to the popular Columbian, and ripens much 
earlier. 25c. each. 10 for §2.00. 
