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RASPBERRY. 



them be destroyed by pulling up, as soon 

 as they are a foot or half a yard high. 



At winter pruning let all the shoots which 

 bore fruit last summer be cut away close to 

 the ground, and to every bush leave about 

 eight or ten of those shoots produced last 

 summer, cutting clean away all others ; after 

 this is done they must be tied together so 

 that two bushes will form an arch, after 

 being tied let a few inches be cut off the 

 ends. Of those trained against a trellis, leave 

 as many good shoots to bear next year as 

 will be ten inches apart, pruning a little 

 from the ends and then tying them to the 

 trellis. If the plants are not very vigorous 

 some well rotted manure must be dug in 

 round the roots, but not to dig deeper than 

 four inches. Raspberries will bear for eight 

 years from the time of planting, when they 

 must be destroyed. But two years previous 

 to this, a new plantation of them must be 

 made in some other place, so that when the 

 old ones are destroyed, this will be in a good 

 bearing condition. 



