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Show I Be Care of I I Berry Bysiies Hfj Many o!d plantations of raspben l HS a '' WacVlvrrlrs that, arc tilled with M ''-Mri ciincs mid weeds can be so re- Hf n H and renovated that they will Hfi it ran nhumlance of fine fruit. For K ' 41 umbur of years I have grown ber- Hi !,. successfully, and I have found Hfi tiut to keep my patch In the highest Hjj Mite of productiveness the old canes H) a iould be removed after frultlntr and H-, the young growth of small canes prop- H';' :rly pruned out and thinned in the H row, says a writer In the Rural New Ij Yoiker. If this Is neglected next year Hi you will have a small crop of Inferior w i berries, good neither to cat cor to sell. Ht'; Jllackberrles and the red or sucker H; ' varieties of rasperrles require similar Hfl culture. In May begin to cultivate H; ' and to thin plants In the row. Black- H tier rles should be thinned so tho plants H'i will st .-in ci at an average distance of H' i6iim nm foot apart In tho row. Save H? , o(n the largest and best canes. Tho Hj'j width ot tho rows maybe two feet, B-!r) with a spaco of four feet between H'i tin in. Keep tho ground clean, with H'' horse cultivator and hoe, and the soil Bj 1 J stirred about the plants. H; Keep In mind the tree form when H "j pruning l'lnehotlthe top when the H' 1 1 cane Is ulout four feet high. The K(, laterals will then grow and you will Kf, have a bush something like a tree KJ' pruned to vase form. The laterals Kl should be cut back to one or two feet B 4a length and the new growth will B then make a bush of sullleient size to Et make a large crop, Tender varlorlos E'j that must be laid down In winter j ' should not be so pr-tu- I 'll-;nikmii '' . raspberries and 1I loKD-rne-i n-qulre more room between the plants In the row than red raspberries. Cultivate, If possible, until July, then place a , heavy mulch of strawy manure be-' be-' tween the rows to retain the moisture and furnish plant food. Sot posts, tour or Ifvo feet high. JS'all two pieces ' i i (Mnl about two feet long and four . dies wide, horizontally on the posts, one at tho top and one about three fet from tho ground. Nail smooth fence wire to the endi of these boards or arms, to support the canes. Observe Ob-serve what Is being grown In your own or similar localities, then plant the bct varieties that aro sufficiently hardy har-dy for your locality. The plan I have described for raspberries rasp-berries and blackberries may bo best adapted to general culture, but there is another, which I may call tho hill system, by which the finest dcssert.frult may be grown. Set the plants about seven feet apart each way, allow only three or four canes to grow In a hill, set three posts around these in the form of a triangle and nail some wire around them for a support. sup-port. Make the soil rlch,and cultivate both ways with a horse cultivator. In May of each year keep' back all of the new canes, except three or four of the strongest for next year's fruttlng.Glvo clean cultivation until July, then mulch between tho rows. If you wish to set a new patch of these berries ber-ries select a deep clay loam, but make It only moderately rich with stable manure, for raspberries, as the canes are less hardy In very rich soil, but apply plenty of wood ashes, or potash In some form. For blackberries von cin use stable manure more ilberalh. If jou have not the plant on your own place, buy a few plants of a nurseryman nur-seryman of each variety you desire, and grow our own plants. You will Iiim- no lime In doing so but III yet a itfooi hearing bed sooner and s.ive expense ex-pense and disappointment I I ave found the following varieties good: red raspberries, Cuthbert and Golden Gold-en Queen; blackcips, Kansas and Gregg: blackberries, Snyder, Erie and Taylor. I would also recommend El-dorado El-dorado for trial. Ex. |