The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-09-18
THE RASPBERRY Rpboe Houe.

THE RACPGFRitY-R ubug Heue.
IN rompliaurr with the request 81 re-
spotted freud aud cotrrspond"n', we
eve ONE notices Of this Shut, aud rs cuI.
livaton.
Mr. Lowell in The II y5r .qme,irou Gar-
R'n,r,' pace 1876. says. -" there arr only two
sorts II raarboTr"s Of any great value, the
white AntwcIn a.d liz red Antwerp. Tho
cane, or smooth s'aikrt. IS rl7" praised by
some persons, but W. have had no success
with it ii srems 10 as 10 be oar natyr Hsp-
berry
Loudon enumerates thc following vsrio-
tics. " carly small white large whit" hra"
rcd NOS larry red Antwcrp iarga yrl'ow
Antwerp rane or amnoli staiksd twice
braIiug while ,wire hearing red, smooth
cane twice bearing
/ Ahcrcfomlie gives the following for the
! culture nj tins shrub:
Pr0pGoaiiop. The varieties can be pcr-
/ prtuatnd by youuG sucker shouts rising plou.
ttrously from the root in spring md summer
/ WHOM these have completed one season
/ growth, they mr." proper Ia dPiach With roo s
! Tor planting. either N the autumn 81 the
! SANE wear or the uev sprlng, IN February o.
! NnrCh, lnl not batter lhnn ihr middle e April
] hose beW plBn'S will bar some fruit the
fret year. and furnish snrrrs.ion Of strong
bottom shonisinr tull beArrug ihr second sen
! son. NeW varieties are easily rais"d irOui
scotland they come into bearing the sec"nt
year.
Soil and STIR" All the varieties will suc
coed in any common mould. trpnrhrd about
two feet deep. and sufficiently mennrrh bu'
tho sol ~ which The rasbetrl lush mos
proeprrs aud bears the finest fruit, j. u iigll
rich loan. h,lot the maip crop a tr,c ~
pcsurrtn the sur, lhnl H. berries mnY rlpef
in prrfection. Be clt,fri to favor the twtrf
hrorrrs with n drv soil aud sbelternd sun
nv situation. To gIvr The second crop every
aid IN coming 90 maturity. When rn.phcr
ries are cult, atpd on barge scale, II = best
to keep Them in plantations 10y Themselves
Set these in rows from four tn six feel a.uu
DIR, rs the bnshrs are III -" smaller or ul
per kinds, by three or four tcrt ~ rnrh row
Scattered bushes may either occupy "a singh
row lengihwisp along the back pa1 Of 4 hor
der, or stand IN DETACHED stools, nj ten or IT,
teen feet distance. Select sorts are frequent
" trained against Wall, stakes. or c-rall"rs
from The most suGuV Ia III" mot siHdy as
poet tor early aud late frnit ol improved
growth aud tloyor' Neil srye, The rasp
berry hu-h grows freely in any good gordon
soil hntu J., the better 10, being sGehtl,
moist Although The place be enrlnsrh hy
&
surcrrds II au eucosed AMI ucll sheltered
compartment. with rather damp sotl, con
tanning n proportion Of hcat-moss, VIZ have
seen very great crops OF large and we'll a..
vorrd berries prndured FOR evamp'r, n, Mel
vilic-!Inuse, tn" seat of the Earl oil Ltgpn, ia
Fiji shire HAYNES also recommends wet
MANFRED hog-earth, and situation naturally
nratiiria'lv shaded
Niw pla,ia''oH.-" Raspbrrr, bushes are
in their ppime about the third and fourth
year; aud, il well managed. cun'inne in per
lection i've or -ty wears; aitrr which, they
arr apt 10 d"cljuc in growth, and The fruit 10
heroine .mall, solhst a successive plantation
should he tr"yidrd IN time. Select new
plants from vigorous stools IN full perfection
asto hearing.
Summer culture -" Keen them cleat from
weeds during the summer by hucing hetu cen
the rows Al the sumo time, loosen the earth
about the piants. undar his management.
the plauts .iftolerahlv slf.arg. VIII both yiel.i
n morr5tp rrop 'h.. ir sumner aud -, pl,
Young s;e,ns Tor brarmg in s;'a'rg plr.fy ao,'