White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-05-04

to permit the surplus water to drain
and to enable the roots to go down
readily.
Enrich the soil with old and very
we'll rotted manure, or ground bone
meal, part of which should be coarse
bone or "inch bone" Pure bone is
very good to use for fertilizing, as the
plant-food it contains will become
gradually available for years to come;
add also shovelful of wood-ashes, to
each plant. Be careful to fork it very
thoroughly, whatever fertilizer you
may use with the dirt in the hole.
The best soil and the fertilizer or
manure should be placed about three
or four inches below the top Of the
holt; then fill in with ordinary good
soil, level with the grass plot. In
thus keeping the richest soil towards
the bottom, the roots are induced to
strike downwards.
Set your plants as deep, or little
deeper than they have been growing
in the nursery. The important point,
however, in their planting is to set
them firmly in the earth. First press
the soil around the roots with the
fingers as tightly as possible, and
then tread upon the ground with the
balls of the fet after the plant is set.
If the weather is very hot when you
are planting, apply water in tht bot
to moi each hole before placing the
plants.
These Tried and True Varieties
viii Give Long Season of Fruit
In sending in your varieties of
fruits order some early and some later
varieties, so that your berries will
contine to give you enjoyment
throughout many weeks.
The king" is rightly named, as it
is one Of the very best bright red
raspberries we have. 1t is extremely
hardy, and not affected by cold, bears
early and freely, and is Of splendid
quality.
One of the best known and favorite
varieties of raspberries is the Cuth-
bert 1t is very vigorous grower
and is most hardy and sturdy in it's
habits. 1t has an abundant crop of
large bright red berries which are
easy to pick.
The ST. Regis sometimes called
Ranere) is deservedly popular, as it
is one of the new "Everbearing" va
rieties and gives a crop Of fruit the
same year the bushes are planted, and
two crops year afterwards, covering
period Of four months! 1t surpass-
es most other berries in size, quantity
and quality.
The Cumbeland is an excellent va
riety of the black raspberry. 1t is
very large, firm and splendid in quail
ity and in productiveness.
The Gregg also is another black va
riety which is good to have in any
planting, as 1t combines fine quality,
good size and productivity, and comes
on just little later than the Cum
berland.
To produce the best fruit, the old
canes of raspberries should be cut as
soon as the crop has been gathered.
OF the blackberries, the Mersereau
is large producer of extra large fine
berries Their quality is extra sweet
and delicious, and they have the ad.
vantage of being coreless. This va
riety ripens very early.
The Snyder is particularly hardy,
and fruits very early. 1t is one Of the
most popular sorts for the west.
Elorado is newer variety, and
claimed by many to be "the best yet"
The berries are large, sweet, and
Jet black, and the plants are extreme
ly hardy, coming through without in.
injury even In localities where most
other varieties winter kill.
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