"15S Lessons in Fruit Growing. 



SUMMARY OF THE PRECEDING SECTION" 



1. The "small fruits" include the cultivated berries, the 

 currant, the dwarf cherry aud the goumi (210). With the 

 exception of the cranberry, all are packed for loarket in 

 small boxes or baskets which are enclosed in crates (211). 



2. The bramble fruits include the raspberry, blackberry, 

 and dewberry (212). These are propagated either by suck- 

 ers from the roots or by layering the tips of the branches. 

 All may be propagated from root cuttings (213). 



3. The bramble fruits are commonl}^ planted 6 or 7 feet 

 apart, in rows 7 or 8 feet apart (214). The plants begin 

 to fruit the second season after planting; the third season 

 they should bear a full crop (215). 



4. The bramble fruits prove most continuously produc- 

 tive on moderately rich land (216). The plantation should 

 be renewed once in 5 or 6 years (217). 



5. The canes of the bramble fruits need more or less 

 thinning after the second year. Three to 6 canes to a 

 plant are sufficient. Shoots of the blackberry and black- 

 cap raspberry are commonly pinched as they attain the 

 height of 12 to 21 inches (218). 



6. Plants of the blackberry and blackcap raspberry are 

 often trellised to keep the canes within bounds (219). The 

 bramble fruits may be protected in winter, in severe cli- 

 mates, in the manner described for the grape (220.) 



7. The bramble fruits continue to improve in quality 

 until ripe enough to drop from the plant (221). 



8. The raspberry cane-borer may be destroyed by cutting 

 ■off and burning the wilted tips and canes (223). The rasp- 

 berry saw-fly may be destroyed by spraying with water con- 

 taining hellebore or dilute kerosene (224). The tree cricket 

 may be held in check by burning infested canes (225). 



