. Greening's fruit growers' guide : complete in four departments. Nurseries (Horticulture) Michigan Monroe Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 12 GREENING'S FRUIT GROWERS' GUIDE. season. All others should be cut close to the ground. The pruning- should be done during March ; this is done by cutting back all the side branches on the young canes to spurs 8 to 10 inches long. Red varieties of Raspberries are not as long- lived as black sorts, and usually require replanting on new ground after three or four crops have been taken off. A sandy, black or gravel
. Greening's fruit growers' guide : complete in four departments. Nurseries (Horticulture) Michigan Monroe Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 12 GREENING'S FRUIT GROWERS' GUIDE. season. All others should be cut close to the ground. The pruning- should be done during March ; this is done by cutting back all the side branches on the young canes to spurs 8 to 10 inches long. Red varieties of Raspberries are not as long- lived as black sorts, and usually require replanting on new ground after three or four crops have been taken off. A sandy, black or gravelly loam is best. To pre- vent rust on Blackberries use Bordeaux mixture (See Spraying). Cut out all dis- eased canes. For profits the Conrath kaspberry leads them all; it is early, very large, hardy, etc. STRAWBERRIES. The soil for Strawberries should be made very rich. A sand}- or gravelly loam is best, a black loam next, then clay. For heavy soils only the most vig- orous growers should be selected. Straw- berries are of two classes : the Pistillate and the Staminate. The Pistillate sorts are destitute of the stamens and require a row of Staminate (or perfect flowering) sorts to be be planted among- them at in- tervals not exceeding- a rod: the former, if properly fertilized with good, perfect flowering sorts, are more prolific than those with perfect flowers, or the sorts known as Staminate. For field culture set in rows 3}4 to 4 feet apart, 12 inches in row : for garden, 15 inches apart each way, leaving pathway every third row. To produce extra fine, large fruit keep in hills, pinching off all runners as soon as they appear. Apply vegetable manure, such as muck, rotten turf, wood soil, clover or other green crops turned under, also some ashes In the fall, after the ground is frozen, spread a good covering of straw or leaves over the plants for protection during the winter and remove the covering before growth starts in the Spring. We advise early Spring- planting. The firs
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