CHAPTER XV 



THE RASPBERRY 

 By GEORGE BUNYARD 



It is important, in the first place, that the land for raspberry culture be deeply 

 dug and well manured before the canes are planted, as owing to the surface- 



Shortening Raspberry Canes at 

 Planting or in Spring when Buds 

 Commence Swelling 



o. A short, well-rooted cane ; (g) point of 

 shortening to ground. P. Small 

 cane with fairly good fibrous roots; 

 (r) point of pruning 6 to 12 inches 

 from ground. Q. Fruiting cane with 

 abundance of roots ; {s) point of 

 shortening to 18 inches, or 2 feet from 

 soil. R. Fruiting cane with good 

 roots ; (t) point of cutting off top of 



Results of Shortening Canes 



S. Result of cutting down a short (or weak, or badly 

 rooted) cane (o) ; {u) point of shortening for bearing. 

 T. Growths from a cane shortened to 6 to 12 inches 

 from ground (p) ; (v) point of cutting away old cane 

 at, or near, ground level ; [w) point of shortening cane 

 for bearing, u. Growths from a bearing cane short- 

 ened at 18 inches to 2 feet (q) ; the bottom cross 

 line shows point of cutting away after fruit is 

 gathered ; [y) cane of previous year ; (s) point of 

 shortening cane of last summer for bearing. V, Re- 

 sult of leaving a long cane (r) in the first season ; 

 '^^"^- (a) fruited cane that must be cut to the ground ; 



on the right is shown a weakly cane that must be 

 shortened at least one-third of its length ; (it) weak 

 young cane that must be shortened to the ground, or 

 near, indicated by cross line. Fruiting heavily the 

 first year means very indifferent canes for fruiting 

 the second season, thus losing a year or more. 



rooting nature of the raspberry, it is unwise afterwards to dig the soil deeply. 

 Any manure required can be added as a summer mulching, and be dug in 

 during the winter, before Christmas. The raspberry prefers a somewhat damp 



