The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-03-12
horticulture.
rHE RASPBERRY.
PREPARATIONS OF LAND.

roweL as for potatoes or corn, and then
s'run cut" three or four inches deep, in
roas six or seven feet apart; or it may
be "run out' 10 rows three or three and
a half feet apart, and potatoes, sweet
corn, or something Of that sort, planted
in alte, nate rows, with the berry.plants
the FIRST year. During the FIRST year.
and especially at the time of planting.
six feet seems like entirely too much
room between the rows; but the man
who puts the rows much closer will BE-
pretty sure to regret it in two years.
The pl .nts should be set about three
feet apart in the rows.
CULTIVATION.
The cultivation which the raspberry
should have is not different. especially
during the first year, from what corn
ought to have; and the implements
commonly used in corn culture. with
possibly the exception of those plows
which work both sides Of row at once.
are suitable for the raspberry-patch
We have not used any thing but the
noe and the common doub:e-shovel
piow-going over the plantation once
with the former, and about three times
with the latter each year. In the first
year it may be necessary to use the cul-
Givator as late as August, but afe or the
Grst yese we have not cultiva et later
&han the latter part Of june While
deep cultivation close to the plants wi
doubtless be injurious by destroying
aud mutilating many of the roots, we
feel sure that ia ,derately deep cultiva-
zion At little distance from the plants
has not injured our plantation.
:. PRUNING BLACK CAPS.
When the young plant is set in aut
ann or early spring, it has n, top ex
cept few inches Of the old cane from
which it has propaga'ed; but in due
Eime it will send up one or more young
shoots; and when these have attained
q height of from II to Is inch es We
pinch out the tops This pinching ou'
Of the tops Stops the upward growth,
end causes the plant to throw out sew
eral lat-ras; and in the following March
cheese liberals are cut back to from 10 to
90 inches in length. THIS pinching
out of the tops In summer (about the
6rst Of June), and cutting back of lat
erals the next spring together, after the
Grst year, with the cutting-out of the
worn out dead canes, which may be re,
moved either directly after the fruit has
Seen gathered from them. or at the time
Of the regular pruning the next spring
Is the amount of pruning required to
keep the plantation in nice order. A
child ten years old can pinch out the
COPS in summer, and glrl of twelve
years did the work Of cutting back the
aaterals ON one acre last spIing. think
q good active man can cut back the lat
erals, cut out the old dead canes, carry
nut and burn the rubbish of an acre, in
about three days.
GATHERING THE FRUIT.
Berries should not be picked when
get with dew or rain. They should be
picked without being mashed. and put
into quart baskets as picked, and the
Baskets should be free from unripe or
imperfect berries and leaves; they
should contain nothing but dry, ripe
clean fruit. In the summer Of 1885 we
had one girl who could, under favorable
circumstances; pick 90 OTIS. in day;
But her best average for week was 50
Qts. The price of picking is one and q
balf to two cents per Of, the pickers
Boarding themselves. In this section
Cd country the selling price OF berries
during the past season ranged from Ii
cks to ct OTIS. per ct. The bulk of the
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