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Training Berry Bushes 



\/\/"HY should the picking of berries be a 



» » job that tears our clothing and 

 scratches our hands? Why not train the 

 berries to accommodate themselves to our 

 convenience instead of adapting ourselves 

 to their unreasonable habits? March is 

 the time to take the first step to secure an 

 excellent crop and an early one. Set up 

 stakes and run wires from one to the other. 

 To the wires tie the berry stalks, as nearly 

 upright as they will go. This will encourage 

 the flow of sap and you will have better and 

 earlier berries than if they are left to them- 

 selves. 



Before doing this it will be necessary to 

 trim the vines if this has been neglected 

 after the last fruiting season. Choose a time 

 after a few dry windy March days and you 

 will find thai the old fruit canes will snap 

 off easily. 



A more elaborate trellis, which is built 

 with a view to laying it down in the fall, is 

 made with strong uprights hinged to short 

 posts by pivots near the lower end. The 

 wires on this trellis are arranged in pairs, 

 one each side of the vines, the ends being 

 fast to cross-pieces on the upright; this 

 makes tying unnecessary. When standing, 

 this trellis should be braced, and when pros- 

 trate, slanting stakes may be put in here and 

 there to press the wires down. The chief 

 value in laying the plants is too get them out 

 of the way of cold, dry winds. The snow is 

 often sufficient protection for the hardy kinds. 

 In severe climates or for tender kinds a 

 covering of boughs or straw can be provided. 

 Always raise this trellis in the spring while 

 the buds and wood are still in a hard, dor- 

 mant condition. 



Of course, if a trellis is planned, sufficient 

 space should be allowed for paths. Between 

 the rows the distance should be six to eight 

 feet and four to five feet between the hills 

 in the row. If the simpler trellis is more to 

 your taste, it can be made with a stake to 

 each hill or stouter stakes at a greater dis- 

 tance, the wire, one or more strands, being 

 fastened to each stake. When the fruit 

 season is over and the canes have become 

 dead, cut them out and also all the surplus 

 new growth. Four or five good canes will 

 be enough to a hill, or, if they grow in rows, 

 leave two to a foot. 



New plants of black raspberries may be 

 obtained by covering the tips with earth the 

 middle of August. On account of disease 

 which attacks raspberries, it is best to renew 

 them about every six vears. 



