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Raspberries.1
Ed. Southern Planter and Farmer:
You request my experience with
raspberries, and my inode of culture.
This lrnit is difficult to raise in this
climate, as it is killed in severe Winter,
and by the hot sim of our Summers.
It should be planted, if practicable, in a
deep, rich soil, on the lowlands of
streams, but not on wet undrained
land. If such a situation cannot be
found by the cultivator, then the land
should be prepared by deep plowing,
and deep manuring, and a deep soil
made.
My planting comprises 0 <Sf,hs of an
acre, situated on the lowland,border¬
ing a branch. The soil is a deep rich
loam, originally very wet, but bus
been tile drained, and relieved of most
though not all of its supoifluous though water
The plants a re 5 feet each way,
if I had to plant them now, I should
prefer 6x3 feet. This would give
more room for the plow, ami being 3
feet apart in the rows the plants
would, in some measure, support one
another. The plants by proper pi nn¬
ing;, require no stakes. The pruning
is generally done in the Fall or early
Spring. I think the best time to do
this is as soon as the crop is entirely
gathered. This has been my plan
recently, and was done soon after
marketing the last berries, and con¬
sisted in removing all of the old
wood which had just fruited, and cut¬
ting back the now growth, taking off
from 1 to 3 leet, according to the
vigor and length of the shoots, and
removing the side brunches in the
same way. Enough of the growth
should he cut off to prevent the
branches from being pendulous. be left in
From 4 to 6 stalks should
a place, and occasionally 8 may be left
if they arc vigorous, and far apart.
Another pruning of my plants will
probably be required this Fall, or next
Spring, unless the present drouth con¬
tinues for some time longer. I think
the Spring is preferable lor this, as it
enables us to make allowance for
Winter killing, and a thick growth
will probably stand the cold of the
Winter better. My plants were their not
cultivated this year until after
fruiting, as they had a good mulch
under them, from a vigorous growth
of grass under them last Fall, appa¬
rently hen grass. This, I thought,
would prevent the berries from getting
dirt ou them after a raiu. As a gen¬
eral rule, however, they shoutd be
cultivated in the Spring as soon as
they commence to hud, and several
times in the Summer, should they be¬
come grassy. In their culture I use
the plow and hoe, and the cultivator.
The yield from the 5-8tlisof an acre
was $1(55 The picking was done,
with the exception of $2 paid one
picker, by my own hands. The kinds
cultivated are principally “Philadel¬
phia” and “Clark,” and some of our
common “black caps.” The “Phila¬
delphia” is the most productive, and
in our estimation the best for our
market. The “Clark” is a better
berry, but not so productive. Resides
these I have the “Antwerp,” the
“Violet,” the Doolittle, Mammoth
Cluster, Daison’s Thornless, Coral
and Ileistine, the last planted this
Spring, and not fruited, i be Doo¬
little is not at all superior to our na¬
tive Black Cap. The Antwerp is a
good berry, bui smaller than the
Philadelphia, anil puts out a great
number of suckers, and is very
thorny. be planted in /
The raspberry may
the Pall or early Spring —the first the
preferable time. shat the
1 omitted to state present
crop of raspberries was the second oue
—the first being small and only
amounting to $50.
Very respectfully,
T. 11. Pollard.
Watermelon Juice. —A correspon¬
dent of the Prairie Far met gives
us some hints on the uses of water¬
melon juice for domestic purposes :
“L endeavor, every year, to rube a
good watermelon patch. They are
healthy and delightful fruit, I think.
I cultivate the icy variety; plant early
in April, and again toward the end of
the month, so that they come in suc¬
cession. When they commence ri¬
pening, we commence cutting, and
use them freely during the hot
weather. When the weather becomes
cool in September, we haul a quantity
of them to the house, split them open
with a spoon, scrape out the pulp in a
a calender, and strain the water in
vessels. We boil it in an iron vessel,
then put in apples or peaches, like
making apple butter, and boil slowly
uutil the fruit is well cooked, then
spice to taste, and you have something
that most people will prefer to apple
butter, or any kind of preserves. Or
(lie syrup maybe boiled without fruit,
down to molasses, which will be found
to be as fine as any sugar house
molasses, which has kept in fine con¬
dition until May.
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