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either employ a reliable man for a few days, 

 or depend on the safe tidying referred to 

 above. Blackberries and raspberries can be 

 safely cut back to the conveniently controlled 

 height of two and a half or three feet, and the 

 old canes trimmed out, as both bear their 

 fruit on the growth made in the spring. 

 Grapes should retain the main or conducting 

 stalk, for which arms one or two feet apart 

 may be conducted on a trellis. Shoots from 

 these arms should be cut back to about two 

 inches, for it is the new growth from these 

 on which the fruit will be borne. Currants 

 and gooseberries must have any really old- 

 looking branches cut out, as only one- or 

 two-year-old wood is fruitful. 



November is too late to plant out new 

 strawberry beds, but old ones will be im- 

 proved by trimming the rows into uniform 

 width and cultivating the earth between. 

 Before the end of the month, cover the whole 

 bed with hay or straw, and a few corn stalks 

 or cedar boughs to keep it in place. 



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