SHIPMENT OF RED RASPBERRIES. 5 



plantings ranging from a few plants on a city lot to 15 or more 

 acres. 



The average berry yard consists of a few acres planted to different 

 varieties of berries, usually half or more planted to red raspberries. 



METHODS OF GROWING RED RASPBERRIES. 



There are almost as many different ideas of how the red raspberry 

 should be planted, pruned, and trained as there are growers. The 

 most common practice in the Puyallup- Sumner district at the present 

 time is to plant the red raspberries in rows from 6 to 8 feet apart, 



li' . ). It'-'l raspberries ;it Sumner, Wash., trained in accordance with the upright sys- 

 tem. A!l surplus canes have been cut out of the hills and all the remaining canes 

 topp< (L 



either in continuous rows with the plants a few inches apart or in 

 hills i:in 3 l<< I apart in the row. (Figs. 1 and 2.) The hills in each 

 TOW may have from three to nine canes, depending upon the strength 

 of both soil and cane and the grower's preference. The hill system, 

 with plant- in hill- about 6 feet apart each way, is occasionally used, 



but i- becoming obsolete. 



Where grown in rows, the methods of training and pruning may be 

 roughly classed under four systems, as follows: (I) Upright, (2) 



weaving, (3) divided row, (I) Streblow. While there are b great 



