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come stout and thick, and to send out side-shoots, which in 

 turn should also be pinched back when they have grown a 

 foot or so in length, being shorter above and longer below. 

 Figs. ^<)^, 793. "With the Cap varieties they should not be 

 more than two and a half feet high, which will obviate the ne- 

 cessity of staking. The Antwerps may be pinched back at 



Pig. 793.— Poor Canes of Cuthbert 

 with high laterals. 



Fig. 793 — Good Canes o£ Cuthbert 

 with low laterals. 



three or four feet, but usually this is omitted, in which case 

 they need stakes. The height should vary with the vigor of 

 the plant, strong pi ants requiring more height. When suckers 

 are numerous they must be cut away when they first appear 

 at the surface, or they will enfeeble the plants. Four or five 

 canes are enough to leave for each stool. The Antwerps and 

 their varieties require the support of staking — which may be 

 effected as shown in Fig. 794, or by means of wires stretched 

 between stakes as in Fig. 795. 



In many parts of the Northern States, some tender varieties 

 need winter protection. This is easily given by covering the 

 Stems, when prostrate, very thinly with earth; placing a 



