THE RED RASPBERRIES 



forced to come from below ground — from the 

 leader buds on the canes near the roots and 

 from the underground stems which are soon 

 sent out in all directions if the top is kept from 

 growing. 



Pruning Red Raspberries 



Raspberry canes grow in one year, branch 

 and produce a crop in the next growing season, 

 then die. While one set of canes is fruiting 

 another set is growing to produce their crop 

 in turn in the year following. 



Cut Back — The first pruning which a red 

 raspberry cane receives is in the spring of the 

 fruiting year, when it is cut back at the tip. 

 Any bud on the cane is capable of producing 

 a fruiting branch under favorable conditons, 

 as is shown by the action of buds low on the 

 cane following severe winterkilling. Growth 

 tends to come from the highest buds, however, 

 and they usually produce the crop. Some have 

 argued that the topmost buds, formed late in 

 the preceding autumn, are weak and by cut- 

 ting back the growth is turned into lower and 

 stronger buds, which are better fitted to pro- 

 duce a crop. 



Experimental evidence is lacking on the 

 amount of cutting back which is best, and 



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