Raspberries and Blackberries 



My method of training is this: I set stakes 

 about eight feet apart, on each side of the row, 

 about a foot away from the plants. These 

 stakes should be at least four feet tall, and 

 stout enough to stand the strain of two wires 

 run along them from one end of the row to the 

 other, one about two feet from the ground, and 

 the other at the top. To these wires, in spring, 

 I tie the canes of last year's growth, — the fruit- 

 ing stalks of the plants, — dividing them as 

 evenly as possible between the two sides of the 

 row. 



This answers a two-fold purpose. It supports 

 the canes in such a manner that they are easily 

 gotten at, at picking time, and their fruit is 

 kept away from the dirt into which some of 

 them would be likely to fall, under their own 

 weight, if no support were given. And it allows 

 the new growth of the season to be thrown up 

 in the middle of the row where it will not inter- 

 fere in the least with the fruit-bearing portions 

 of the plants. 



After the old canes have ripened their crop 

 of fruit, cut them off. They have completed 

 their work, and the sooner they are out of the 

 way the better. Next year the growth of this 



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