THE RASPBERRY 



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position, and well repays a good watering over the mulching of manure in the 

 fruiting season. This will cause the berries to develop to full size, and also 

 prolong the duration of the crop. 



Plants should be grown in rows 6 feet apart, the canes being planted 2 feet 

 apart in the row. The roots of the raspberry do not penetrate far, therefore 

 the canes should not be deeply planted. After planting shorten the canes to 

 1 1 feet in length. 



When established, several long shoots are produced by each plant. Three 

 or four of the best of these should be selected, and the others pulled up or 

 cut off, while the fruiting canes should be removed as soon as the fruit is 

 gathered. The remaining canes will then ripen fully, and as winter approaches 

 they should be tied together and supported, and pruned back to 4 feet. 

 Some train the plants flatly on wires, 

 and arch them over one another. This 

 has a pretty effect, and the crop is readily 

 gathered. In the winter the beds should be 

 well manured, and the manure forked just 

 beneath the surface of the ground. Deep 

 digging disturbs the roots, and should be 

 avoided. In dry soils a mulching of long 

 stable manure in April is helpful to the 

 crop. 



The culture of the autumn-fruiting rasp- 

 berries differs from that of the summer- 

 fruiting varieties. The canes are cut to the 

 ground in March, and as new growths appear 

 the strongest are selected and allowed to 

 grow freely, and the weaker ones are re- 

 moved. Each cane must have plenty of 

 room, otherwise the fruits may take mildew 

 in the autumn. They are best in a group 

 (not in rows), as canes are produced very 

 freely, and the plants cannot easily be kept 

 to a straight line. The fruits are produced underneath the foliage at the top 

 of the summer shoots, therefore the tops of the latter must not be cut off. 

 Autumn raspberries are very useful either for dessert or cooking. It is sufficient 

 to grow three varieties only. 



Non-Staking Method of Pruning 



'Mound" ot three years, planted in a 

 triangle with plants three years old ; 

 {d) points of shortening canes to 

 render them self-supporting. N.B. — 

 When canes are short jointed and 

 well matured, only the tips need be 

 cut off. 



RASPBERRIES IN AUTUMN 



By J. C. TALLACK 



Autumn raspberries when well grown form an important crop in a private 

 garden, and are much appreciated for cooking, besides which they may, if the 

 weather is really fine and warm when they are ripening, provide a welcome 

 change in the dessert, and carry on the season of small fruits to the end of 



