The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-03-04

ed at his home, 25O6 Alabama St.,
Bellingham, or by telephone Number
1895, Bellingham.
Red raspberries thrive on we'll
drained valley and hill land and on
the islands of Puget Sound.
The best soil is a retentive sandy or
clay loan. one that is easily worked
but does not dry out badly in mid
summer.
The most suitable varieties for
general purposes are the Cuthbert
AID Antwerp.
The previous seasons root suck
ers make the best plants for setting.
The soil should be plowed deep and
we'll worked down in the fall, even
tho planting is not done until the
following spring.
The plants may be set 2 to 2E
feet apart in rows Z or s feet apart.
About 2,70O plants are required for
an acre. Planting Is usually best cone
in early spring before the leaves
form on the cane. The cost of plant
ing an acre. including the plants. Is
about $45.
A trellis. commonly of posts and
wire is necessary for training the
canes of raspberries. A trellis using
lines of No. IA wire strung on suit
able cedar posts Z or feet in length
and set rods apart will cost about
$50 an acre for the material alone.
The harvest season for red rasp-
berries starts early in July of the sec
ond year after planting. Only about
a fourth or third Of a crop can be Sc
cured the first picking season, which
is the next season after planting. The
first full crop comes about the fourth
season. Markets may be secured for
the fresh berries, at cannery or to
the barreling trade.
A good yield from a field in full
crop should be about 5000 pounds.
The gross returns on an acre should
be from $3.50 to $500.
The raspberry grower has troubles.
Winter injury to the canes often cuts
down the yield; rains during the har-
vest soften the fruit, and summer
drouth produces a weak cane growth
for next year. He sometimes does
not have help enough to properly
care for the field or pick the fruit.
Pests attack the plants and reduce
the yields. The most common resp
berry pests are the cane maggot,
crown borer, strawberry root weeyil,
spur blight, anthracnose, rust and
cane gall.
Loganberries may be grown under
much the same conditions as rasp-
berries except that they will do re-
markably we'll on clay soil and will
often thrive where the land is too
wet for raspberries.
The soil should be plowed deep and
we'll worked down the fall before
planting. Spring is usually the best
time to plant.
Transplanted tips grown year In
the nursery are best for planting,
but they are hard to secure so that
tips of the new canes covered with
earth the fall previously are usually
used.
The plants are set in rows or
feet apart and about the same dis
lance in the row. An acre set by
feet will require TIT plants. The
cost of preparing an acre of land,
buying the plants and setting is about
$50.
A trellis made of and 5 foot ced-
ar posts and three lines Of No. IA
wire will cost about $50 for the ma
terial.
The harvest season varies in diff
ferent localities but usually extends
through July and part of August.
When the canes are we'll trained the
fruit is much easier picked than rasp-
berries.
A small crop can often be harvest
ed the next season after planting, but
field usually does not come into
full bearing until about 5 years of
age. A good field of that age should
produce 5000 pounds of fruit.
The crop may be marketed fresh,