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becomes covered with sucker plants. All suckers aud weak canes should 

 be cut out and if they are kept in hills not more than 5 to 7 of the best 

 canes should be left in each hill to produce the next season's crop. They 

 are most commonly allowed to fill in the spaces between the original 

 plants forming a solid row or hedge. The hedge-rows should not be al- 

 lowed to become more than 10 or 12 inches wide and the canes should be 

 well spaced so they will stand at least G or S inches apart. All suckers 

 which appear outside the limits of the row or hill sliould be treated as 

 weeds and destroyed by cultivation, or if necessary, chopped off with the 

 hoe. Ko pruning back is necessary in the spring unless the canes are 



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Pig. 8. — Cuthbert red raspberry. The canes are well spaced in the row. 



very tall or weak and no support is provided for them. They are then 

 cut back to a height of 4 to 5 feet so that they will support a crop of fruit. 

 Both the black and red raspberry are pruned and trained so that under 

 ordinary conditions no wires or trellising are necessary. There are some 

 advantages if the canes are provided with some artiftcial means of support 

 and it usually pays. The canes are kept up out of the way making cultiva- 

 tion easier, the fruit is more easily picked and there is less loss of fruit 

 from becoming covered with soil or splashed with dirt by rains. When red 

 raspberries are grown in hills a strong stake should be set in the center of 

 each hill and the year old canes tied to it. When grown in rows the bear- 



