Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-12-26

have been tried several seasons in
the station tests. Their quality is too
poor to recommend them for planting.
Culture.
Soil: Red raspberries like best a
deep, rich sandy or clay loan as COM
monty found in our valley soils. Ga
uplands which do not dry out during
summer excellent crops of fine quality
can be secured
Drainage: Good drainage is not only
very essential for red raspberries but
1T is impossible to get best results
without it,
Soil preparations: Before planting
the soil should be we'll prepared by
deep blowing and thorough working
until it is free from Jumps 1t is we'll
to work in heavy application of ma
nure after blowing. If setting is to be
done in the spring the manure may
be applied to the land the previous
fall so that it may be incorporated
with the soil during winter.
Sod land where berries are TO be
planted should either be plowed the
previous fall to allow the sod to rot
or crop such as potatoes or corn
may be grown a year before the ber-
ries are set. Berries planted on new
ly turned sod are apt to dry out dur
ing the first summer and grass be-
tween the plants in the rows is very
troublesome.
Mixed paintings: Raspberries
should not be grown among tree
fruits. The trees cannot be headed
and trained as low as they should be,
consequently the cost of pruning,
spraying and harvesting the fruit is
greatly increased. The trees become
neglected and the neglected orchard
is the greatest curse of fruit growing
in Western Washington today
The raspberries are also injured.
When they come into full bearing the
trees are large enough to compete
with them for moisture and plant
food. The two types of plants thus
enter struggle for existence and the
shallower rooted plant naturally suf-
fers
A low growing crop such as pota-
toes. cabbage, peas, beans or the root
crops. may be planted midway be-
tween the berry rows during the first
season.
Planting: In most soils spring set
ting before the buds start is desirable
The plants are best grown in rows
and in hills in the row. The distance
for setting will depend somewhat on
the variety and on the system of train
ing the plants. The Cuthbert. which
is a vigorous grower, is usually best
set about 80 inches apart in the row.
with the distance between rows about
seven feet Antwerp and Marlboro
may be placed few inches closer in
the row About $500 plants per acre
are required when set 80 inches by
seven feet.
Plants for setting should be Sc
cured from a healthy field. and are
best chosen from the previous sea-
sons growth of suckers or shoots
from roots. A good root system on
each plant will insure a more perfect
field than where no attention is paid
to the condition of roots. The canes
are cut back to about foot in length.
to mark the row and to serve as a
handle for setting the plants. Fur
rows may be drawn in the soil the
proper distance apart, in which the
plants are set. or planting may be
done with a spade. The roots should
be covered with from four TO six in
ches of fine SOIL which should be firm
lily packed around them to prevent dry
ing. The burrows may be only about
half filled with soil and gradually
brought to level during later cultiva-
the plant the old canes should be re-
moved at the crown or surface of the
ground.
Cultivation: Cultivation should be-
gin as soon as the plantation is set
and should continue throughout the
growing season. The surface of the
soil should be kept loose and fine be-
tween plants in the row. This will
require both single horse and hand
labor
In late fall it is a good plan to
pillow the soil toward the plants in the
rows. This leaves a dead furrow
midway between the rows which per-
mits better surface drainage. Fine
soil thrown between the plants by
the blowing helps to control winter
weeds. Early the following spring
before the canes come in leaf the
field is replowed and burrows thrown
away from the plants. The plants are
left on a ridge of earth which should
be leveled off with a hoe soon after
blowing Shortly after the spring
blowing, cultivation should begin and
continue throughout the growing sea-