September 
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NEW SEPTEMBER EVERBEARING 
Cultural Suggestions for the 
Red Raspberries 
1. Prune fruiting canes back approximately 
one-fourth of their total length during late 
winter. Thin out weaker sprouts, leaving 
strong fruiting canes 6 to 8 inches apart in 
the “hedgerow.” Be sure to take out old fruit- 
ing canes after harvest. 
Zest foliage with sulphur to control leaf 
spot. 
3. Cultivate thoroughly or mulch to retain 
moisture and keep weeds down. Check 
growth during August to mature wood that it 
may escape winter injury. 
Sodus 
New Large Purple Raspberry 
Considered heaviest yielding of all Raspberries 
Attractive, firm, sprightly and good quality. 
Picks easily and does not crumble. Plants are 
hardy, vigorous, very productive of heavy an- 
nual crops. 
Heaviest Yielding —To our knowledge Sodus is 
the heaviest yielding of all Raspberries. 
Drouth Resistant —Sodus withstands drouth, 
heat, and other adverse weather conditions and 
comes through with a crop when most varieties 
of Raspberries fail. 
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PRICES— 
Red and Purple Raspberries. See page 7. 
New Autumn-Fruiting 
(Everbearing) Red Raspberry 
Produced two heavy crops of large bright red fruits the 
same season. 
1. The first crop is extra early and may prove to be the very 
best early commercial variety. 
2. The second crop matures throughout the month of Sep- 
tember (2 to 3 weeks earlier than Indian Summer). 
September is an excellent berry of medium to 
large size, firm, bright red and of high quality. 
Introduced by the New York Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station in 1947, the plants are vigorous, 
healthy, hardy and heavily productive. The 
quality of the summer crop is not as sweet as the 
autumn berries which are considered quite good. 
We are proud to be among the first to offer this 
New “September” to our customers. 
Indian Summer 
(Everbearing) Red Raspberry 
A great Everbearing Red, prized for its 
two crops of very large highest quality 
berries. The fall fruits are quite firm and 
of decided commercial value. Berries 
are large roundish conic in shape, rich 
dark red in color, high quality, rather 
soft but still firm enough for local mar- 
ket. Indian Summer is an especially fine 
berry for the home garden. 
A Brief Comparison 
INDIAN SUMMER is a larger berry, 
higher quality, but fruits are softer and 
many times the fall crop does not fully 
mature before fall freezes. 
“SEPTEMBER fully matures both crops, 
although not as sweet, the berries are 
firm and brighter red. Bids for first 
place as an extra early red raspberry 
variety. 
Marion 
Largest of all Raspberries 
Very large, late purple Raspberry to follow 
Sodus in season of ripening. The berries are very 
large, holding up well in size throughout the sea- 
son, moderately juicy, firm, tart, and good in 
quality. The fruits tend to cling to the bushes but 
not so much as to be objectionable. Marion is the 
largest of all the purple Raspberries and possibly the 
largest of all raspberries we offer. 
Early Planting is Best 
All Raspberries prefer a good well drained 
loam soil high in fertility and the best fruits are 
produced only when plenty of fertilizer, high in 
Nitrogen, is supplied. Plant early in the spring 
just as soon as you would plant your early onions 
in the garden. Here in central Ohio this is the 
first of April. Prepare the ground carefully and 
in planting be sure to firm the earth well around 
the roots with loose soil over the growing buds, 
so that the plant sets just a little deeper than it 
was in the nursery row. Cut the old woody canes 
off at the surface of the ground. The average 
planting distance for all Raspberries is 3 feet 
apart in 6-foot rows. Do not permit the soil to 
bake or crust around the plants at any time. A 
mulch of good clean straw is desirable to hold a 
good even supply of moisture. 
All Raspberries thrive best in loose, well- 
drained loam soils which contain an abundance 
of humus. Old Bluegrass and Alfalfa sods, if 
plowed under a full year in advance of berry 
planting, provide an ideal soil condition. 
We consider Sodus the best all around pur- 
ple Raspberry. Marion is larger in size and a 
beautiful berry—follows Sodus in season and 
is perhaps the largest of all Raspberries. 
