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have fruit the first season, even if there is no profit in the op- 

 eration. A different system of training may also be adopted, 

 and instead of stakes, a simple and cheap trellis may be made 

 by setting strong stakes about twenty feet apart along the 

 rows, and then stretch a wire from one to the other, and 



Fhj. 54. RASPBERRY TRELLIS. 



to this tie the fruiting canes, as shown in figure 54. If 

 the variety cultivated is tender, then bend down and cover 

 the canes with soil in winter, using a spade or shovel in- 

 stead of the plow. 



Fig. 55. TRAINING TO STAKES. 



Another method is shown in figure 55. In this the 

 stakes are driven on opposite sides of the stools and about 

 two feet distant, the bearing canes are lent over and tied 

 in the manner shown. The young shoots of the season 

 will not always grow up in the center as represented in the 

 engraving, but that is the place where it would be desira- 

 ble to have them grow to enable us to carry out this 



