. Biggle berry book [microform] : small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. 72 BIGGLH }JERKY HOOK serious break without it. Its culture is easy. It is a sure cropper under -ood treatment, excellent as a table fruit after strawberries are gone, and sells well in the markets. Soil. - In setting out a raspberry patch it is well to select a deep, loamy, well-drained soil, and to en- rich It properly. Blackcaps require richer, heavier soil than red varieties. Too nmch stable manure causes the reds to go "too much to ; Proi' get a
. Biggle berry book [microform] : small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. 72 BIGGLH }JERKY HOOK serious break without it. Its culture is easy. It is a sure cropper under -ood treatment, excellent as a table fruit after strawberries are gone, and sells well in the markets. Soil. - In setting out a raspberry patch it is well to select a deep, loamy, well-drained soil, and to en- rich It properly. Blackcaps require richer, heavier soil than red varieties. Too nmch stable manure causes the reds to go "too much to ; Proi' get a start, buy plants of a nurseryman ; or propagate from an old patch as follows : New plants of the red raspberry may be Jt'^i^ obtained by dig- ^^^f-J^'^*- . ^'"^ ^^^ lai-ger vig- "^^jj^^. orous roots and cutting in pieces two or three inches in length, accor- ding to their size; CUTHBBRTS ARE HVEKVVVHHRH ^^^ Smaller thc rOOt the longer It should be cut. Cut the roots in the fall and store in boxes of sand placed in a dry, cool cellar until spring. As soon as the ground can be properly prepared scatter the root pieces thinly in furrows and cover with two inches of light, loamy s(,il. Choose a moist partially-shaded situation, keep clean and free from weeds, and by fall you will have a good supply of strong, healthy plants for early spring settin- (for the North 1 favor spring setting). An easier way is to dig suckers or sprouts that come up alon- or between the rows, being sure to secure with each. THE RASPHKRKY 73 sprout a short portion of the cross root from which it grew ; dig and set these in permanent rows in the early spring. Much of this digging, however, hurts a patch. Blackcap raspberries do not sucker from the roots and are propagated differently. Toward autumn when blackcap tips bend down near the ground, new plants can be easily started. Bend down and bury each tip a few inches beneath the ground, holding it in place by pegs, a stone, or the
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