News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-01

tea row system gives larger yields In
this the plants are set FROM len 10
twelve inches apart In rows toul teet
apart The runners are trimmed TO
make matted row about two feet
wide The spaces between the rows
should be kept well cultivated during
the early part of the season and the
weeds pulled in the rows. After the
second year the runners can be allow.
ed to fiji these open spaces and the
original rows powed up. In this way
the bed can be easily renewed and kept
bearing for several years. usually until
the land becomes so weedy that it
must be plowed up and put in to some
other crop.
In cold climates the awberries
must be given some sort of winter
protection. The object of this is not so
much to prevent freezing as to keep
the ground from that alternate freez-
ing and thaWing which cause heaving
of the plants. A mulch of coarse horse
manure applied after the ground freezes
is excellent for this purpose as ii adds
spring the straw can be raked un and
removed. One necessary precaution is
to be sure that the manure is free
from weed seeds. have seen straw
berry beds ruined because the mulch
contained timothy hay in which the
seeds We're ripe enough to grow
Raspberries and Blacltberries.
Next to Strawberries in Importance
are raspbPrries and black berries The
best soil for blackberries is about like
that for awberries, while for raSD-
berries it may be a little heavier The
two kinds of raspberries most extern
sively grown in this country are red
and black. The red raspberry is propa-
gated by shoots which grow up from !
the roots. One-ypar-od shoots are
preferable for planting The rows
should be at least four feet apart. with
the plants two feet apart in the row
Frequent and thoruugh cultivation Il;
necessary to Keep down the suckers
which grow up from the roots. lis a |
good plan to pillow the ground between |
the rows every spring
Black raspberrps do not send up root |
shoots. They are propagated by bury |
ing the tips of the shoots in the ground |
some time in August These take root
and produce new plants which can be
the following spring. The !
black raSpberreS are more rank in +.
their habits of growth and should he
planted farther apart than the red va
rieties Planting every three feet in
rows seven to eight feet apart is a
good distance They should receive
thorough cultivation in the same man
ner as the red sorts.
The application of a coat of manure
between the rows in the fall will ma
.erialIy increase the yield of all small
fruits. Pruning is also important.
and raspberry shoots bear
Dut once, so in the spring all those (
which produced fruit the season be-
ore should be cut ont Black rasp-
berry shoots should have the tip nip
)cd off when they are about eighteen \
inches high This causes lateral
ranches to form and greatly increases
he yield. The same treatment should
,e given to blackberrips. After about
our good crops Of raspberres have :
,cen secured the patch should be pow
d up and a new one started some.
where else,
Blackberries are usually propagated
~ suckers The distance apart is
lbout four feet in the row With rows
even feet apart. The proper depth TO p,
et the plants is about four inches. 1t
S common practice to plant Il row of
potatoes or some other vegetable be-
wpen the blackberry rows the first
eason. This can also be done with
lack raspberries. About four or five
blackberry shoots are all that should
,e allowed to grow up the first sea
on. After that the number may be
increased a well establish
ID blackberry patch will last six or
even years The yields that may he
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