BUSH FRUIT PRODUCTION 



form an impenetrable thicket, but the purple 

 canes stay in the original hills while affording 

 an easy means of propagation to the grower 

 who wishes new plants. 



Training 



Purple raspberries are usually planted 

 about four feet apart in rows seven or eight 

 feet apart, the distance varying with the fer- 

 tility of the soil and the type of culture to be 

 employed. For horse cultivation wider spaces 

 are needed between rows than for hand culti- 

 vation or mulching. 



The canes are upright and strong, and when 

 pruned properly usually need no support. 

 Sometimes, however, they are supported by 

 wires after the fashion of red raspberries (see 

 page 33), or the canes may be tied like black 

 caps to stakes driven in beside the hills. 



Planting 



The new plants usually are transplanted in 

 early spring. They should be set before the 

 new shoots begin to grow for they are easily 

 broken. Care should be taken in digging up 

 plants to preserve as many as possible of the 

 fibrous roots. After transplanting, the top 

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