BUSH FRUIT PRODUCTION 



work, however, is reduced to a minimum and 

 such operations as pruning and harvesting are 

 made a great deal easier. The linear system 

 has certain advantages for the home garden, 

 where high yields may be subordinated to the 

 quality of the fruit and to greater ease in 

 growing it. 



Red raspberries grown on the linear system 

 usually are given some support. A single wire 

 is sometimes used, or two wires, one above 

 the other, to which the canes are tied. 



The Hill System — Red raspberries grown 

 on the hill system usually are set about five 

 feet apart each way. Five to seven canes are 

 allowed to grow in each hill and all others are 

 removed. This system is not widely used but 

 its adherents claim that, while the yields per 

 acre are rather low, the quality is high and the 

 number of quarts grown per man is higher 

 than with other systems because of the small 

 amount of hand work required and the ease 

 >vith which the canes are pruned and the crop 

 harvested. For support, the canes are tied to 

 a stake driven in beside the hill and standing 

 about five feet above ground. 



The hill system is not well adapted to the 



culture of such varieties as Cuthbert, which 



sucker freely, but has been used extensively 



with less vigorous varieties like Perfection, 



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