Take the Cuthbert, for instance; you may
set it out almost anywhere, and in almost any latitude except that
of the extreme Southern States. But you must reverse the
conditions required for the foreign kinds. If the ground is very
rich, the canes will threaten to grow out of sight. I advise that
this strong-growing sort be planted in rows five feet apart. Any
ordinary soil is good enough for the Cuthbert to start in, and the
plants will need only a moderate degree of fertilizing as they
begin to lose a little of their first vigor. Of course, if the
ground is unusually light and poor, it should be enriched and
maintained in a fair degree of fertility. The point I wish to make
is that this variety will thrive where most others would starve;
but there is plenty of land on which anything will starve. The
Cuthbert is a large, late berry, which continues long in bearing,
and is deserving of a place in every garden. I have grown it for
many years, and have never given it any protection whatever.
Occasionally there comes a winter which kills the canes to the
ground. I should perhaps explain to the reader here that even in
the case of the tender foreign kinds it is only the canes that are
killed by the frost; the roots below the surface are uninjured,
and throw up vigorous sprouts the following spring.
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