Small Fruits 211 



from one to two weeks apart throughout the season 

 in order to provide a dust mulch. 



All canes that have fruited should be cut off in the 

 fall. All winter -killed canes should be pruned in 

 the spring, and the remaining canes shortened to 

 three or four feet, and at least a third of each long 

 side-shoot cut off. 



When the new growth of raspberries bends over 

 on the ground it is time to "tip" the canes. Each 

 tip should be buried a few inches in the ground and 

 held in place with a peg, a stone, or a clump of dirt. 

 In the spring the tips will have roots and the new 

 plants can be severed from the old. 



All raspberry and blackberry canes should be 

 cut off and burned immediately after fruiting. 



The tips of new canes should be nipped off when 

 they are four feet high. 



All canes should be cut back to about three feet 

 in the spring. 



Only five or six of the strongest canes should be 

 left to each raspberry. 



Raspberries require a rich loam. 



