Throughout southern New England, along the bank of the Hudson, and
westward, almost any raspberry can be grown with proper treatment.
There are exceptions, which are somewhat curious. For instance,
the famous Hudson River Antwerp, which until within a very few
years has been one of the great crops of the State, has never been
grown successfully to any extent except on the west bank of the
river, and within the limited area of Kingston on the north and
Cornwall on the south. The Franconia, another foreign sort, has
proved itself adapted to more extended conditions of soil and
climate.
I have grown successfully nearly every well-known raspberry, and
perhaps I can best give the instruction I desire to convey by
describing the methods finally adopted after many years of
observation, reading, and experience. I will speak of the class
first named, belonging to the foreign species, of which I have
tested many varieties. I expect to set out this year rows of
Brinckle's Orange, Franconia, Hudson River Antwerp, and others.
For this class I should make the ground very rich, deep, and
mellow. I should prefer to set out the plants in the autumn--from
the middle of October to the tenth of November; if not then, in
early spring--the earlier the better--while the buds are dormant.
I should have the rows four feet apart; and if the plants were to
be grown among the smaller fruit-trees, I should maintain a
distance from them of at least seven feet.
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