. Amateur fruit growing. Fruit-culture. 16 RASPBERRIES AXD BLACKBERRIES, the latter part of the summer. They seldom produce suckers. The fruit Is generally black, but there are a few varieties with yellow- ish fruit. All the cultivated raspberries are commonly referred to as: SucKERiNG Kinds; those that increase by suckers, which com- prise chiefly varieties belonging to the three species first named. Tip-ROOTiNG Kinds; those that increase by tip layers, which cbiefly comprise varieties belonging to R. Occidentalism but a few that belong to R. v^lectus. Propagation.—The raspberry may be propag
. Amateur fruit growing. Fruit-culture. 16 RASPBERRIES AXD BLACKBERRIES, the latter part of the summer. They seldom produce suckers. The fruit Is generally black, but there are a few varieties with yellow- ish fruit. All the cultivated raspberries are commonly referred to as: SucKERiNG Kinds; those that increase by suckers, which com- prise chiefly varieties belonging to the three species first named. Tip-ROOTiNG Kinds; those that increase by tip layers, which cbiefly comprise varieties belonging to R. Occidentalism but a few that belong to R. v^lectus. Propagation.—The raspberry may be propagated by the fol- lowing methods: By Seed.—All the cultivated kinds may be grown from seed, but plants from seed are not "true," i. e., are not like the plants from which they came, and it is only an occasional seedling that is nearly as good as any of the varieties commonly cultivated. To raise seedlings the "dead" ripe fruit should be crushed in a small amount of dry sand, and the whole sown at once in a light moist soil, somewhat shaded. The seed will seldom germinate until the following spring, when after the plants are large enough to handle they may, if too thick in the seed beds, be set out in another bed to grow the first season, or if not crowded be left to grow where they are. The plants should be taken up in the fall, "heeled in," and planted again the following spring, when they wiU bear fruit the following (third) year. Another way is to sow the seed as sooq as obtained in small boxes, and cover them lightly with leaves or litter. In February bring the boxes into a greenhouse, transplant to other boxes as soon as the seedlings have their third leaves formed, and plant permanently outdoors as soon as large enough and the weather permits; by this system some fruit is generally obtained the second year. By Root Cuttings. —Most of the varieties of raspberries com- ing under the first three spe- cies mentioned produce sprouts from the
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