Milford chronicle., 1921-03-25
GROW YOUR own FRUIT
RASPBERRIES THIS SEASON FROM
PLANTS SET NOW.


series of articles about Fruits fl
the Home Garden; it tells the pra,
tical points you want to kno
about how to get delicious raspbel
ries, blackcaps, blackberries an
dewberries, either from new plant
or from the "berry-patch" you ma
already have. The next article wi
tell about the things you can gro7
to make your own wines, jellies an
jams-grapes, currants and goose
berries.
Raspberries and cream!
Is there anything in the way of tn
many berries that the summer bring
that is so delicious?
And then in the winter-raspberr
jam! Did you ever really get enougl
of it?
And do you realize that from plants
set out this spring, you can gather
fine crop of delicious raspberrie!
THIS SUMMER and FALL?
Of course you've heard of everbear.
ing strawberries that fruit in the late
summer and fall. Do you know that
there are now everbearing RASPBER-
RlES as well? And they are not mere
While. Every home garden that has
fruits, should have at least a few
plants of one of the ever-bearine
sorts, such as st. Regis, Raniere, or
Latrance. al lof these are delicious
in favor-real raspberries!
Raspberries are not difficult to
grow. They will Thrive in any good
garden soil. In fact, when once estab-
Iished, they grow like weeds"
1t is, strangely enough, because
tney grow so easily that so many peo-
pie fail to get first quality fruit from
them. In many home gardens, the old.
canes are allowed to remain in the
patch, and the new ones are all left
to grow, with the inevitable result
that they become so crowded that the
Individual berries, and the crop. are
very small. Over -crowding is lust as
Iatal to raspberry plants as it is to
lettuce or anything else grown in the
home garden.
There must be PLENTY of room for
each individual plant to develop if
satisfactory results are to be secured.
How to Start A Raspberry Patch This
Spring
To start raspberry patch now that
will give fruit this summer and fall
ana an abundant crop next year, be-
gin by selecting a place in your gar
den where your cane fruits, which
VIII remain for many years, will be
least-ln the way of the vegetable gar
den. Even If there is considerable
shade, that will not make much diff
ference; which would rob the soil of
plant food and of moisture which are
needed in abundance to produce a
good crop of berries. Figure on set
ting the plants about two feet apart. |
They may be placed along a fence or /
used to form hedge of themselves, |
II more than one row will be required, |
make the rows about six feet apart.
Even If so few as a dozen or two
plants can be set outfi the result will
be well worth while. And if it is de-
sired to increase the planting later
on, 1t is an easy matter to get plants
for this purpose by taking up the lit
tie shoots which will come I'D quite
thickly around the base of the old
plants. There will be plenty of room
to grow vegetables between the new
ly set berry plants, during the first
part of the season.
Having selected a place, and esti-
mated about how many plants you {
can accommodate, ORDER YOUR I
PLANTS IMMEDIATELY. The soon !
er you can get them set III. ; the f
after the frost Is U,.C IN the i
spring, the better. If you order thru ]
nagent be sure you are dealing with t
reliable firm which can be counted t
on to make deliveries promptly when L
promised. s
AS to varieties, there are several
good ones besides the "ever-bearing" n
)nes described above. Among the best il
Are King, early; Columbian. mid-sea- b
son; and Cumberland, a fine "black- "
,ap" F.
Prepare the Ground in Advance o
While you are waiting for the plants .
o arrive, the ground where they are y
o be put may be made ready for d
'Iantlng. Even though the plants are .
o be set several feet apart. if is Il
much better to dig up thoroughly the =
ntlre strip where they are to he :.
ct. II manure is available, apply a ~ ~
loderate dressing before digging. AS u
II fruits require a good deal of DO -,
ASH, IN order to produce the best a.. ~
rops, rake in, after digging, a GEN u u
rous application of wood ashes if s.
hey can be obtained. Ii
InlS advance preparation will leave ~
ne soil in such good condition. that W W
Will be the work of but half an bour W. '"
so to set considerable number Of Cd Cd
lants when they are received-and pe
le sooner they can be gotten info WI
le soil, after they arrive. the better - -
-oWeVer, should the plants have to pi
held for while before Won get a g
nance to set them out, do not leave ~, ~
lem even for day in their original W W
but take them out and "heel IJ ,I'I
lem in; that is, dig a hole or W. W.
ench big enough to hold the roots so 81 81
ley can have moist soil packed in W.
osely about them until they can he az az
It out. If it is necessary to leave ep or,
EN- for several days, and the wealth -
is bright and windy, it may be nee los
sary to water them to make sure Fo Fs
at they do not dry out ,l'o uo
In planting, trim back any strag- W.. wa
ing, broken or bruised roots. and AZ 49,
hole that is plenty big enough onI one
take the ball of roots which remain il On
thout having to be crowded in. A t s'li
uple OF handfuhs of bone meal Tor 90
tier still, bone meal and tankage ~ ~
Xed half and half, to each plant. o%d oS'I
IL be we'll worth while, as it will ~ S
sure a much quicker, stronger noI noI
Lrt. nov
AFTER planting, cut the canes back oil