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THE RASPBERRY. 



tised all that will be needed in the autumn is to cut away 

 the canes that have borne fruit. 



In summer pruning, as soon as the young shoots have 

 grown to a hight of two and a half or three feet, they 

 should have the ends pinched in. This will soon cause them 

 to produce laterals or side branches, and these again, as 

 soon as they have made a growth of one foot, should be 

 pinched back, and at the same time the shoot from the 

 top bud of the cane should be shortened. This causes 

 the plants to become stocky and self-supporting. 



Manuring. A liberal dressing of well-decomposed ma- 

 nure should be given them every fall, worked carefully 

 in among the roots with the digging fork. With this 

 treatment a bed will continue productive for seven years 

 at least. 



Training. M. Dubreuil describes a very pretty and 

 simple method of training practised in France, and I had 



Fig. 153. FRENCH MODE OF TRAINING THE RASPBERRY TO STAKES 

 AND ROPES. 



the pleasure of seeing it carried into practice in the Rouen 

 Garden (fig. 153). 



The railing IB is a narrow strip of board, or a small 

 pole, supported on upright stakes; it is eighteen inches 

 from the row of plants, and three feet from the ground. 

 When the young bearing canes are pruned in the spring, 

 they are bent over and fastened to this rail ; and thus the 

 young suckers grow up without mixing with the fruit 

 branches; consequently the fruit ripens better and is 

 more easily gathered. During the summer, when the 



