Show nor fical ICA f RAISE CROP OF raspberries RASP BERRIES yields in different sections vary greatly secure plants from reliable nurseryman prepared Pre Wre pred pared by the th united states dep department of agriculture yields from raspberry plantations yary greatly according to the varieties raised the care riven given them and the conditions under which they are grown in the aie eastern united states it Is 19 agreed generally that in sections to which they are adapted the purple e sorts are the most productive I 1 the blackcaps black caps next nest and the red varieties the least productive records of red raspberry growers in new York State indicate that the average yield is between 1300 and 1400 quarts per acre while the best fields go ns as high as quarts black raspberries rasp berries in the same state average between 1400 quarts per acre and the purple varieties average between 1700 and 2300 quarts fields yields in different sections as well as from different varieties vary greatly plants oi ot the he different varieties of raspberries rasp berries may he be secured from any reliable nursery and usually ly in starting A new plantation this Is done many growers grower having an established plantation propagate their own stock to propagate new plants the tips of shenew canes of 0 black raspberries rasp berries and of the purple varieties now under cultivation should be burled buried in moist soil in late summer by the following spring pring the tips will have rooted and formed good plants the cane ant then should hould be severed leaving four to ight inches of cane with the new plant blant which is to be set in the field it the tips of the canes of black and purple I 1 varieties arlet les are pinched off when they are about 12 inches high the canes will branch freely ant aind a large number ot of tips for burying will be st secured with many growers the first crop from both black and purple raspberry plantations Is a crop of plants lit in fact a large part of the plants distributed tri buted by nurserymen nurseryman nursery men are produced in this way by raspberry growers who in turn sell them to nurserymen nurseryman red ra raspberries rasp berries send up tip new canes from the lase base of the old canes us as do black and purple varieties in addi lon flon they send up tip suckers from underground der ground roots at various distances front from the crown of the parent plant in starting a new plantation the strongest of these suckers are used if a quantity of plants for setting Is needed each year tor for several years it may prove desirable to take up nil all plants in a given part of the field both the old ones and the suckers stickers by the following yetar year a solid stand of plants suitable for setting will have sprung up tip from the pieces of roots left in the 4 kat 4 A N I 1 I 1 it M harvesting berries for a cannery ground when these are dug and the ground is rich another stand will grow for the following yer year it if this practice is followed the fruiting plantation need not be disturbed by digging up sucker plants sometimes growers of the marlboro and ruby varieties w nit until suckers stickers appear in the pring and d set out such plants will be small but should be very free from insects and diseases Kasp berries may be propagated also algo 1 hy v cuttings of the roots or canes if necessary in ordinary practice however cuttings of either roots or canes are rarely used |