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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. RR ■I RR PER WEEK ar.d expound paid. Wo want a n liable agent in e\iiy %§0 W0 I I County in the I . S. Addn-HS W HUDSON RIVER WIRE CO , 130 Maiden Lane, N. Y., or Chii ago, 111. juue ly 50 Tons Rock Salt. Tho very best article for stock of all kinds. Evory farmer should have a lump of it in his horse trough, liog pen, cow lot and sheep pasture. It is in lumps of 5 to ftc lhs. or more. Packed in barrels of 30t) lbs. 2c per lb. Smaller quantities 3c per lb. Liberal discount to merchants by the ton. For sale by WILCOX, GIBBS A CO. 148 Bay at,, Savannah, Ga. DISSOLVED BONES. Agricultural Salt. We have a good supply of E. Clark’s Dissolved Bones, also Turks island and Liverpool yalt, which will be sold low for Agricultural purposes for cash. Orders solicited ami promptly tilled by WILCOX, GIBBS & CO., 148 Bay street, .Savannah. Ga NOTICE. Having discontinued our Branch House at Augusta Ga., wo have appointed Messrs BAKER & AN8LEY, No. 207 Broad street, as our Agents at that point They will keep constantly on hand a full supply of our Guanos, and all orders scut them will have prompt attention. WILCOX, GIBBS .V CO., Importers aud dealers in Guanos, Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S. C. rintEES, BULBS, HEDGE PLANTS, SEEDS, Fruit and Flower Plates. 4 C talogues 't c. F. K. PHfENIX, Bloomington Nursery, 111. July—4m _ FOR SALE. A new SAW MILL. 52 inch Circular Saw, 30 foo: Carriage, everything complete. Will be sold very low for cash. Apv»ly to WILCOX. GIBBS A CO., No. 9‘.) Bay Street my—tl my—tl Savannah, G A. FOR WHEAT! uft;. WILCOX, BIBBS & CD’S MANIPULATED BUANO Guano, Salt and Plaster Gornpound, PHOENIX GITA NO. We are offerincr tlie above Celebrated Fertilizers ZD for flie WHEAT CROP on the following liberal terms: Manipulated, - - $70 per Ton Guano, Salt and Plaster Comp'd, SG5 per Ton Phoenix Guano, - - 857.50 per Ton Payable 1st oi August, 1873, Willi a LIBERAL I)IM OI \T for I IM*. We would especially recommend as an exceed¬ ingly v a lit able a lid at same time cheap Fertilizer for Wheat, a mixture of the Phctmix Guano and Cotton Seed ; this combination has proved highly efficacious on Wheat in previous years, and has been extensively used under Cotton this year with such unvaried success as to establish beyond question its vast superiority over the manufactured fertilizers, with the further advantage of being easily and cheap¬ ly composted, making a first class fertilizer, at a very low cost. # Our Aircnts will fill orders on same terms. WILCOX, GIBBS » CO., Importers and dealers in Guano. CHARLESTON, S. C., and SAVANNAH. GA • . -v SEPTEMBER 1 sty 1 § 7 * 2 .