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left must depend to a great extent upon the strength of the plants. 

 and will vary from three to six. In the latter part of the winter or 

 early in the spring before growth commences, the young canes .should 

 l>e shortened back according to their strength, leaving them from 

 thirty inches to four feet long. At the same time they should he 



TRELLISING. 



Trellising with Posts and Hails. 



Trcllising with Stakes. 



securely tied to their supports. The Raspberry may he trained in 

 various ways, according to the means and fancy of the cultivator and 

 the nature of the eliniMie. as also to suit special local conditions. 

 The most generally adopted mode is to have a single stake for carli 

 plant and fastening the canes to it before growth commences. 

 Training with hoops is an. excellent method, but it is scarcely 

 practicable except for small gardens, as its practice entails the 

 expenditure of much rime and labour. It is effected by using two 

 stakes and a hoop from a small barrel or piece of wire to form a 

 circle. The canes arc tied inside the hoop, which prevents them 

 from, being blown about by the wind, and at the same time the 

 foliage and fruit is more freely exposed to light and air than when 

 the stems are tied in bunches to single stakes. Raspberries arc often 

 grown without any supports, and when this system is adopted a 

 preference should be give!) to varieties with short sturdy canes. 



