102 FRUIT GROWING FOR AMATEURS 



roots moist and cool in hot, dry weather. This is the orthodox 

 treatment, though, as a matter of fact, one may plant the Rasp- 

 berry in any odd corner and it seems to thrive. 



The Raspberry is very free in the production of suckers, as 

 those growths are called which come through the soil at some 

 distance from the parent clump. If it is wished to have an 

 extra number of plants, the suckers should be taken up with a 

 few roots attached, late in summer, or, in fact, at almost any 

 time, and used to form a fresh plantation. If no more are re- 

 quired, the suckers ought to be uprooted. 



The Raspberry may be grown in clumps about 6 feet apart, 

 three or four plants forming a clump ; in this case the stems are 

 tied to a central stake. Or they may be planted in rows, the 

 otems being trained on wires fastened to strong posts. In 

 pruning newly planted Raspberries some growers cut the stems 

 to the ground in the spring following planting, with the object 

 of ensuring strong canes which will fruit well the following year. 

 This, however, is not really necessary with such a good-natured 

 plant as the Raspberry ; the canes may be left about half length 

 and a crop of fruit taken. There will be sufficient fresh growths 

 for next year's crop if proper care is taken of the plants so far 

 as watering and mulching are concerned. 



Good Varieties. Good red Raspberries are Baumforth's 

 Seedling, Superlative, the Devon, and Norwich Wonder. A 

 yellow variety to be recommended is The Guinea. 



Autumn -fruiting Raspberries. These are just as easy 

 to grow as the ordinary summer fruiting kinds ; the only differ- 

 ence in the treatment required is in the pruning, and this is 

 important. While the summer Raspberry bears its fruit on the 

 canes of the previous summer's growth, the autumn Raspberry 

 produces its crop on the canes or stems of the current year's 

 growth. Pruning must therefore be carried out in February ; 

 at that time the old canes are cut down to within about 6 inches 

 of the ground level, the object being to force the plants to make 

 the finest possible fresh stems which will bear fruit in autumn. 



Both red and yellow varieties of Autumn Raspberries are to 

 be obtained ; of the former, Hailsham and October Red are 

 reliable, and of the latter October Yellow may be chosen. 



