ESSAY ON THE RASPBERRY. 
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to their length. Very productive; berries ripen some days 
later than the Doolittle. It is very probable that this is the 
same as the Mammoth Cluster. * * * j care not by what 
name they are called, the Improved Miami, McCormick, or 
Mammoth Cluster. I have five acres of them and claim they 
are the best five acres of raspberries in our state. In the 
American Hoticultural Annual for 1869, Fuller says: “ In 1867 
I sent for the Miami, and obtained a small lot from H. M. 
Purdy. These plants have fruited finely this season, and from 
them I have taken my description of the Mammoth Cluster 
Paspberry.” 
The above are five distinct varieties, and are from the 
earliest to the latest known. All of them propagate from the 
tip of the canes, layering in the fall. They do not sucker, and 
need no winter protection, nor staking, if properly trimmed; 
or any more cultivation than corn. 
Culture .—Any soil that will produce good corn, with deep 
tillage, will answer, yet light soils stould bt*, well manured. 
Plow well and deep; if sub-soiled all the better. Prepare tke 
ground thoroughly. Planting must be well done. Spread the 
roots out properly, then cover the plant about two inches and 
no deeper. Many persons lose their plants by neglecting this 
caution. We plant four feet apart in the rows, and from six 
to eight feet wide, and cultivate a row of corn or potatoes be¬ 
tween them, the first year or two. In the garden they may be 
set closer, but the rows should be six feet apart. Cultivate 
with the hoe and cultivator, keeping the ground mellow and 
entirely free from weeds. The first season be careful not to 
hill up around the young plants, but keep the ground level 
If it be hilled up much the canes will die. Do not work near¬ 
er than about 18 inches to the hills with the cultivator, for fear 
of breaking the roots. Cultivate the ground as early in the 
spring as it may be fit. After the berries have blossomed, do 
not work too deep, lest you destroy the fibrous roots, that feed 
the forming berries. 
Trimming .—The 'second spring after planting the canes 
