American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-01-16
From the Csuihern Horticultural.
Raspberries
BY A. n. PURDY, PALMYRA, N. r.

Br a. u. PURDf. PALAIhA, Ne l.
This delicious. indispensable and very
useful fruit follows imme lately after
Strswberr,es-in fact, the earlier sorts,
such AZ the DAvidson's Thornless. Pur-
pie Cane and Dooli.tle, commence
ripening before the late sorts OF Straw
berries-such as the Green Prolific,
UGANDA and Golden Qneen-are gone,
thus keeping up the succession OF fruits.
The Raspberry is rot only delicious
fruit Tor the table, but is one Of the
finest for jelly, canning. preserving, &c.
besides being rery profitable market
| fruit--ths expense Of growing, one year
after another being no more than the
same amount Of corn while the profits
will average $500 per acre yearly, with
ordinary cultivation,-whie if extra care
and cultivation is given, double that
amount can be averaged. From two to
four dozen OF the different sorts will sup
ply any ordinary family while tina,
number OF the "ever bearing" sorts will
supply The table from the time BlaCkber.
ries are gone until ths ground freezes.
CULTIVATION. - There are different
methods Of cultivation. some using stakes.
This we consider An expensive and use
less practice. Many persons are deer.
red from setting thls-one Of the most
profitable and easily cultivated Of fruits,
from reading articles and books on
Small Fruit culture, wherein the ncces-
sity of Stakes is laid down. Now we
affirm, that if The Raspberry is trimmed
and grown as we shall describe. there is
no need whatever Of their use. The
great fault with most Of growers is, that
they allow The main stalk 10 grow its full
eighth, or at least much longer than it
should, and even If they do tim them it
is not done until the following Winter or
Spring. The true wayis to trim them
,chile grO,ciag. By so doing, and check.
ing the top. The roots become larger and
the tops branch out more. 1t is some
times advisable, in GARDEN CULTURE,
where the bushes have but little room. to
tie them up close TO stakes. or place two
stakes-one On each side Of the hill, and
nail hoop between them, training the
bush through the hoop. Or they can Re
set along 10 a row. or BY the fence. and
posts three feet high set alongside Of
them, with a strip nailed on top Of the
posts, aud aIso about two feet from the
ground. Still we should dispense with
all these by setting the roots two or three
feet apart, aud never allowing them 10
.eql over three feet in heigh-swo feel
hill bet'er-and two feet wide. thus
.I,king a perfect hedge; and on sccoun.
mitI ouch close pruning. they will hang
tai |ally loaded with the largest size
lnpn and growing thus they will be a
bort TO each other. so that The
-ou. hgest winds canno, damage them.
E-praI Geld culture there are two dis
W ~. Where land is plenty. and help
lesfce and high. We would advise the
Il HILL SYSTEM
Set the plants six feet each way. set
ting Straw be rrirs between il desired, as
before described; or potatoes can be
planted half way between. each way.
and when dug the tops thrown around
the Raspberries. thus forming a fine
mulch. By setting this distance nearly
ell the work can be done by q boy with
horse and cultiVator-especislly il plenty
Of mulching is thrown around the bushes I
which prevents weeds from growing. !
OF the Black Cap family none but
young fsll-layered roots should be liant
ed. The ground should be marked eut
- oaa-harsa be 90
proper distance apart. Sc -.
With the germs up. sPrE@
roots and covering wi1s
dirt IL set z