FRUIT GROWING 43 
Gooseberries are as hardy as currants and require scarcely 
any pruning or other care. Set the plants in the same manner 
as currants. Some good varieties are the Houghton, Cham- 
pion, Carrie, and Red Jacket. 
Raspberries. — The canes or shoots of the raspberries 
are biennial; those that are formed one season bear fruit 
the next and then die. Each season large numbers of suckers 
appear, and these must be cut out, except the few that are 
wanted for fruit the, following season. This pruning is best 
done in the summer, 
after the fruit is 
gathered. At the same 
>VD LF _E_Say time remove the old 
“= canes that have borne 
RASPBERRY CANES READY FOR WINTER 
fruit, thus giving the 
remaining young canes plenty of room. If the canes are 
apt to freeze back badly in winter or are broken down 
by snow, they may be bent over to the ground in the 
fall and covered with a few inches of earth or coarse manure. 
Cultivate the ground between the rows and keep out suckers 
and weeds. 
Plums may be grown successfully everywhere if we take 
care to select varieties that are suited to the locality. Even. 
those that can be grown in our coldest climate are valuable 
and profitable. The trees may be set ten feet apart in rows 
sixteen feet apart. This leaves good opportunity for culti- 
vation. They need practically no pruning, but suckers 
should be cut out whenever they appear. 
A thicket of wild plums in some unused corner is generally 
a source of pleasure and often of considerable fruit. It can 
be started from a few young bushes and will then spread 
from suckers if allowed to do so. 
