follow and we recommend that the plants be set In rows six feet apart 
and the plants from two to three feet apart in the rows. The closer they 
are set in the row the more fruit you will get the year following the one 
in which the plants are set. If the hill system is to be used, they should 
be set in rows about five feet each way. Black Caps and Purples should 
be set in rows seven feet apart and the plants about three feet apart in 
the rows. To determine the number of plants to be set to an acre, multi¬ 
ply the distance the plants are to be set in the row by the distance be¬ 
tween the rows. Then divide 43,560 (the number of square feet in an 
acre) by that product. The result will be the number of plants required. 
Great care should be taken that the roots of the plants do not get dry be¬ 
fore they are put in the ground. 
After the plants are set, the ground should be kept thoroughly culti¬ 
vated and hoed. After the plants have made a good start, shallow culti¬ 
vation is important as many of the feeder roots are near the surface of 
the ground. In a climate where the plants are apt to winterkill, but very 
little cultivation should be done after they are through fruiting as too 
much cultivation at this time stimulates a late growth of cane which will 
not be sufficiently hardened before freezing comes to withstand the cold 
winter. 
If the ground is in a good state of fertility before the plants are set 
but little fertilizer will be needed. If 200 to 300 pounds of nitrate of soda 
or sulfate of ammonia is applied per acre early each spring before growth 
of the plants starts, it will greatly stimulate their growth. 
The care of Blackberries is very similar to Raspberries. It is better 
that they be set in rows eight feet apart. 
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As many State Experimental Stations publish excellent Bulletins on 
Raspberry growing, we suggest that everyone interested write to their 
Station for a copy. These Bulletins also name the best varieties for their 
particular state. 
NEW VARIETIES 
For several years at the New York State Experimental Station, 
Geneva, N. Y., a great deal of time has been spent in developing new and 
better varieties of Raspberries. They have tested thousands of seedlings 
produced by cross pollenization from known parentage and after eliminat¬ 
ing all but a few which showed improved qualities over the varieties that 
were on the market and after testing these for several years and becom¬ 
ing convinced that they possessed superior qualities to the older varie¬ 
ties, they introduced the Taylor, Marcy and Indian Summer reds and the 
Sodus purple. We have a nice stock of genuine true to name plants of 
these varieties and are offering them at very reasonable prices. We rec¬ 
ommend that every grower try all these newer kinds. 
TAYLOR—At the State Experimental Station, Geneva, N. Y., are be¬ 
ing grown not only the older varieties of reds but also a large number 
of new ones and after fruiting it for several years they describe the Tay¬ 
lor as follows: “Taylor is the most promising red raspberry on the Sta- 
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