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out l.-iteral fruiting branches the same as other kinds, and 

 the new canes of the season bear fruit on their terminal 

 point or branches in autumn. This second crop, or what 

 is really the first crop of the cane, is usually not a very 

 abundant one, although highly prized by some persons, 

 because produced at other than the usual season for such 

 fruit. If it is desirable to increase the late crop, then the 

 entire plants should be cut down at the time of the annual 

 priming. This will cause the young canes to start early, 

 and having the whole root for their support, they will 

 come into bearing earlier in the fall, and bear more abun- 

 dantly than if two crops were produced. 



TRAINING. 



In general field culture the usual mode is to train to 

 stakes, but many cultivators are now dispensing with 

 these artificial aids, and by close pruning they endeavor 

 to make the canes sustain their fruit without assistance. 



I think, however, that it is questionable at least whether 

 there is really anything saved by not using stakes, because 

 many of the canes will be blown down by the wind, others 

 will be broken by the weight of fruit, while the lateral 

 branches will fall upon the ground, and the fruit become 

 splashed with soil, thus making it unfit for use. The cost 

 of stakes is but a trifle in comparison to the value of the 

 fruit lost when they are not used, especially when it com- 

 mands so large a price as it does in most of our eastern 

 markets. 



Chestnut stakes five feet long and two to three inches in 

 diameter, made from large trees, cost me less than two 

 cents each, and my location is within twenty miles of New 

 York City, and where timber of all kinds commands a 

 large price. I cannot afford to grow Raspberries without 

 staking, because every stake will save on an average ten 

 cents worth of fruit, and in many instances three times 

 that amount. 



