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of cancellation, leaving eight or ten inches of the old wood at- 

 tached for convenience in handling. When planted out, this old 

 wood may be allowed to remain till the new plant has made suf- 

 ficient growth to mark its locality. Fig. 25 shows the plant as 

 located in its new 

 home, d d represent- 

 ing the surface of the 



ground; b, the numer- ._ni _JSl!LL ^ -JL 



ous roots ; c, the bud, 



or germ, just com- 



mencing growth ; and Fig. 25. 



a, the piece of old branch that was cut at e. The parent 



plant was cut back, or pinched, when the canes were about three 



feet high, as shown at a a, and the cross-marks indicate the 



point at which the lateral branches should be cut, to leave the 



plant in best form for withstanding wind and snow, and for the 



production of the largest crop of fruit. A plant pruned as 



here shown will require no stakes or trellis for support. 



Fig. 26 represents a plant 

 of the red raspberry that 

 multiplies by suckers 

 springing up from the 

 roots, often in such num- 

 bers that it becomes neces- 

 sary to treat them as weeds. 

 This is alwavs done when 



Fig. 26. 



new plants are not wanted for setting or for sale. 



GREEN SUCKER PLANTS. 



Some varieties produce very few suckers, and it becomes neces- 

 sary, when large numbers are desired, to adopt methods to encour- 

 age their growth. This may easily be done by thrusting down a 

 sharp spade a few inches distant from the old plant in such a way 

 as to cut its roots into pieces only three or four inches long. The 

 roots being filled with latent buds, will send up numerous suck- 

 ers forming plants of the best quality. By taking advantage of 

 the weather, selecting a time when it is wet or cloudy, these 

 green suckers may be successfully transplanted in summer, 

 when five or six inches high, and a j^ear gained in the produc- 



