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Show RASPBERRY CULTURE. By Ira Anderson, B. Y. U. 1 Raspberries have come to be one J of the most profitable of small fruits, d ranking jn first to the strawberry. j A small patch ought to have a place ' in every home garden. A few bushes will supply a large family. The rasp- bcrris also a very profitable crop to growyfor market. 1 There are two general varieties, J nov cultivated in the United States, .1 ,tfic black and the red. The black I caps arc better as a commercial fruit. 1 The plants arc well adapted to cult- I unal methods, being hardy and very M productive, a very good shipper, and I also a better keeper, than the red. j J The latter is however, generally con sidcrcd better for family use, .probably .proba-bly because it is swectcrj but it docs not stand shipping as well as the f E black. Tlie Cuthbcrt is one of the tiK. best red varieties. , - 'Hf An ideal soil for raspberries is va ,JHf moist, deep, light, sandy loam; rich m in humus. If wet; the soil .should B; be drained by surface and undcr- K drainage. It should be plowed dccp, fmJ subsoilcd, and fertilized in the fall, I-rcvious to the setting of the plants M in the spring. jjf Stable manure is a good fertilizer, save that, for the red vine, when jpr grown on rich, moist soil, it forces a the growth too much. Floats, ground 5 bone, and ashes arc good fertilizers. The question of fertilizing must, how W ever, be settled upon one's own farm, according to the condition of I the soil. j Raspberries may be planted cither ' in the fall, or in the spring. Spring is the best time to plant black caps. Plants that come from young plan- I tations arc preferable, because they . have more vigor and arc more apt to be free from diseases. The plants from the black caps arc obtained by r, burying the tips of the growing . canes, late in the summer. When j thoroughly rooted this "tip" is sev ered from the cane and used for 0 planting. Reds arc obtained from annual root sprouts. When grown for commercial purposes pur-poses the plants arc set in rows six s or seven feet apart and thrcc feet apart in the row. Witli this style J of PIantmS an(1 proper pruning no I trc1lis is necessary. The plantation I should be well cultivated in the early I' sprng and after fruiting. Without 1 cultivation the red raspberry forms I a hedge and lessens the yield. Other I crops may be grown between rows 1 - during the first year. 1 ) One of the most important points I 'in raspberry culture is the pruning. I I The usual plan is to allow the an- v nual shootswto grow to a height ol v abput two feet or a little more, when ik. about four inches of the topmost part T , should be broken off. The buds nenr the end of the stock will then develop B -. into latural shoots, tlicsc should be mt shortened next spring about oneoot Wf Jl length. ' Spring pruning constitutes ihq m fruljthinning process of the year, 'M and must ibe done with judgment. 6 The poorer the soil and the less in-B in-B tense the culture, the more severe ' should be the pruning. Old canes ) should be removed immediately after the crop has been gathered. If done at this period the canes arc more easily eas-ily cut; and by taking out the useless wood now; the whole energy is conserved con-served for the next season's growth. Raspberries have many enemies, among which 'may be mentioned the crown and cane borer. These can be controlled by cutting out the affected part and burning it. Red rust here and there sweeps out plantations of black caps every year. When once attacked there is no remedy. The only thing to do, is to dig up tlfc affected plants and burn them. V"" - ' |