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spring. Black-caps should be tied up to a trellis where the 

 variety grows very vigorously and is liable to fall down 

 under a load of fruit. 



Red raspberries are pruned and trained in the same 

 manner as black raspberries, except that it is not neces- 

 sary to pinch the canes in the summer. 



Dewberries are sometimes trained on stakes or trel- 

 lises, as they make a great amount of wood and very long 

 canes. A common method of handling dewberries is to 

 grow them in hills fifteen feet apart. Let the canes re- 

 main on the ground without a trellis. Just as soon as the 

 crop has all been harvested mow all of the canes off close 

 to the ground, gather them up and haul out of the field. 

 New ones will quickly appear and make a good growth 

 during the remainder of the summer and be in good shape 

 to produce a crop of fruit the next spring. This is rather 

 vigorous treatment but it serves as a quick and easy means 

 of getting rid of the tangle of old canes, which, unless re- 

 moved will so choke up the hills in a few years that the 

 plants are worthless. Growers who practice this method 

 of pruning feel that the plantation will be short lived either 

 way, and that it is an advantage to have the fields clean 

 and free from dead wood rather than choked up with 

 weeds and old canes. 



