. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of fruit trees, ornamental plants and roses. Nurseries (Horticulture), Georgia, Atlanta, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. JAPAN PERSIMMON.! NEW KASI'HHKK V, ALL SIMMER. RASPBERRIES. Culture.—Any land that will produce good crops of corn will also grow good Raspberries. Prepare the ground thoroughly and manure liberally ; ground bone is a good fertilizer. Keep the soil loose and free from weeds throughout the season, cutting down the suckers with the hoe or cultivator, and leaving onlv three or four canes
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of fruit trees, ornamental plants and roses. Nurseries (Horticulture), Georgia, Atlanta, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. JAPAN PERSIMMON.! NEW KASI'HHKK V, ALL SIMMER. RASPBERRIES. Culture.—Any land that will produce good crops of corn will also grow good Raspberries. Prepare the ground thoroughly and manure liberally ; ground bone is a good fertilizer. Keep the soil loose and free from weeds throughout the season, cutting down the suckers with the hoe or cultivator, and leaving onlv three or four canes to the hill or single row for fruit. Plant an assortment, to lengthen the season. For Garden Culture.—Plant the red varieties three feet apart and the caps six feet, and train to stakes. The summer pruning of the red varieties may be done if stakes are not used ; the caps should not be pruned until winter, and then cut at the bend in the cane ; the old canes of both varieties must be entirelv removed. Large yields of fruit can be expected onlv if plants are well manured and thoroughly cultivated. For Field Culture.—Plant in rows six feet apart and three feet apart in the row. or four feet apart each way. In winter remove the canes which have produced fruit the previous season, and in July and August, after the crop is harvested, cut back the caiies to two feet : this will cause them to branch and become self-supporting. Plenty of manure and thorough culture are necessary to attain the best results. NEW VARIETY-ALL SUMMER. This much praised red Raspberry originally came from Mexico, was fruited successively in'California and Idaho, and has but recently been introduced at the Fast. The claims made for it are many and startling, and can, per- haps, best be told in the introducer's own words: "It is an everbearer, commencing to ripen its large berries in July, and continues until killed bv autumn frosts. The plants are strong and vigorous, growing three to five feet in h
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