Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-21
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t.. RAsPBERRIEs.-This fruit following i'm
lmediately after Straw berries, and being so
valuable for putting up. and delicious for
table uses should be found in every, garden
lof even the smallest pretensions. 1t is also
one of the most profitable fruits for market
purposes, bringing the grower greater
profits, with only alittle trouble and small
outlay Many are deferred from setting
them out from the, disappointment they
.haveexperiepced with the .'Sueker' varie-
ties winter killing, while others have the
idea that they must go to the expense
and trouble of stalking each hill. This
holds true with, Isuch varieties as the
i" Sucker" with perhaps the single excep-
ition. of the g philadelphia" which, if very
hardy and ifscut back as afterwards. de-
'scrlbeds requires no stakes. Ihave ''sunk''
"a large amount of money in trying differ
lent sorts of Faspberries, and am yet to find
any but the Black Cap family. and Phila-
delphia that prove hardy although do
not wish to recommend the Philadelphia as
among this class until / have given it
further trial. and the, prices down to q
reasonable figure, so. that all can afford to
have it, without running any risk OF its
proving; tender L. recommend two dis
tances. for planting out The first is, if
ground is plenty, six feet each way, so that
the work can be nearly all done with the
cu1tivatOr 8 and the, second is, if land is
limited, lows six feet apart and two to
three, feet apart ia the row, and if cut back
as below recommended, forming COM
lplete hedge one way or i'm the row. 5s-gi
+ n Set only young. fresh, fall beyond roots,
with the germ up, and but lightly covered.
If the ground is not in good order, throw a
IshoEelo of well-rotted compost in each hill.
Keep well cleaned with a cultiYator and
fl,,lo tod fho
can be planted half way between both ways
tor the first two years, and the tops used
formulching the Raspberries. When plant
ed the second distance, strawberries or po-
ttatoeso can be grown half way between for
two years. sss-t- -gltlf - .-t.!5Eoz Esi.fae'
. The, first season cut the Raspberries back
in the fall, to within one foot of the ground.
This must be done, for if the whole top is
allowed to remain on and bear fruit the
next season, the fruit will so exhaust the
Esmall root that it will either die out or
make a weak siekiy growth afterwards,
besides the winds blowing the whole top
back and forth damages the roots badly. j
Manure well in the fall, and mulch with
any coarse material. This keeps the sur
face moist, and adds largely to the growth
of bush and crop of fruit. After the first
season, cut the new growth back to within
three or four feet Of the ground, and as the
side branches grow aut cut these back also,
to within one foot of the main stalk. Ii
this cutting back is well attended to, the
bush will make strong, stocky growth.
and will therefore, need no stalking, be-
sides yielding much larger and finer fruit.
! -oAs to varieties; we are yet to find any
more reliable OE profitable sorts than the
DOOlittle and Miami Black Cap and Purple
Cane, and for family use would add the
Golden Cup, Ohio Eyerbearing and Cata-
Wissa; The last two yielding a crop of fine
Itr4it in the fall, after all other small fruits
have disappeared. q The two. first are fully
double in size and bearing of the common
wild -Blackcap,, We know there are some
who claim, there is no difference, and send
out the common Black Cap for the Doolittle
and Miami. Suehla practice is q perfect
imposition, and one might just as consist
ently send out the wild Blackberry for the
1awton or Dorchester. or the wild Straw
berry for the improved sorts. .fs tIl., ~ 5e
The difference between the DoOlittle and
Miami is, that the former is fully week
earlier than the last, while the last is much
stronger bush, and not so thorny, and with
me proves greater yielder. The fruit o.
either is July double the size of any wild
Black Caps that I have ever cultivated, anG
much more juicy ~ ..-.l5!.T e'st.5.fry., +.
The Purple Cane yields an immense cro[
ofmedium sized, purplish red fruit; in fact
we cannot see; how any sort grown car
yield a greater crep-of fruit than this sort
Tor tue pushes with me are literally loaded
every year W ith fruit. 1t will not bea
carriage as the first sorts, but when shipped
. in quart fboxestit carries long distance
ami sells for high prices, ,.,1f{IiT1 .s,lfa-.
Were we confined to but one sort fo
family use, it would be the Purple Cane
Neither of them have ever winter killed
with me, and require no protection. o .-ai
9BLACKBERRIEs.-Follo limmediatel5
after Raspberries, and keeping up the sue
eession, and equally as desirable for use
and more profitable as a market fruit
makes this fully as indispensable as th
former 1t should be set in rows eight fee
apart and three feet apart in the rows, Of
six toseyen feet apart each way. The sam
instructions for mulching and cutting bacl
Raspberries should be carried out tor thi
fruit. e All suckers that sprout away from
the main stalks should be hoed off. NeYe
dig plants from fruiting plantation, o
| plOW among them after the first season, 70
inieither caseit will cause an innumerabl
amount of suckers to grow, besides cuttin
| .of the roots that run the main stalks, anC
| thus detracting from the growth of tn
| fruiting plants and soon running the entir
| plantatiOn!Ial -gTDCt5E Sffi 3il3 ~ g..
We know of no fruit, where it withstand
| the winter, that Eis7more eremuneratiVe tha
| the New Rochelle OF1IaWtOn Blackberry
| Its yield is perfectly astonishing, and a
| the prices in our cities have averaged fror
| eight to twelve dollars per bushel, one CA
see at a glance what its profits are. Its or
| dinary yield is one hundred bushels pc
| acre, while, with good cultivation, it vii
weld two hundred bushels,