the red raspberries 



Systems of Training 



Two general systems of culture are used for 

 red raspberries: solid rows, and the hill sys- 

 tem. Solid rows are most often employed and 

 vary in width from a single irregular row of 

 plants to a hedge three or four feet wide at 

 the bottom. 



Hedge Rows — In establishing solid rows, 

 plants are set about thirty inches to three feet 

 apart in the rows and allowed to produce 

 suckers freely until the rows are filled with 

 plants and have reached the desired width. 

 The cultivator is then used to keep the rows 

 from spreading farther. 



The distance between rows at planting time 

 varies with the soil and with the width of row 

 to be expected later on. On strong soils plants 

 grow larger and should be given more room 

 than on soils where growth will be less vigor- 

 ous. In any case there should be room for 

 the cultivator between the rows when the 

 plantation has reached maturity. It should be 

 remembered, too, that canes bend outward as 

 the fruit develops and that a row one foot 

 wide at the bottom may be three or four feet 

 wide at the height of a man's waist. 



Six feet between rows is a common planting 

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