GARDENING FOR ALL. 99 
It will now be found that the trees do 
not look so formidable, that the task of pruning 
is reduced in dimensions and difficulty, and that 
little more remains to bedone That “little” 
simply consists ot thinning-out the young 
shoots to four or five inches apart cutting 
the shoots off at half-an-inch or an inch 
from their base to form fruit-spurs. Any 
remaining young shoots that are less 
than six inches long need not be 
touched ; those over six inches and 
less than a foot long may have 
a third of their length removed ; 
those shoots over a foot in 
length may be shortened 
nearly one-half. This 
kind of pruning practi- 
cally ensures crops of \. 
fruit every year, and the Vilage B. J 
fruit is gathered with Pe 
little trouble and injury. 
Summer pruning 
may be practised with 8 
great advantage upon 
gooseberry trees; the 
work is done at a time 
of year when it may 
be carried out with Part of a branch of a Goose- 
comfort, the trees are berry Tree, showing pruned shoots 
directly benefited, and at A A, and spurs left at B BB. 
it saves much work in 
winter. 
RASPBERRY.— (Rubus Ideus). 
Raspberries are a favourite fruit, and among the easiest 
to cultivate. They are also very profitable when well grown, 
which is not always the case. Too often they are cultivated 
in such a manner as to reduce their fruit-bearing capacity 
and to shorten their lives. The customary practice is to 
leave all the young growths to crowd and smother each other 
