354 THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. [JaJT, 



PLANTING AND PRUNING RASPBERRIES. 



Where fresh plantations of raspberries are intended to be 

 made, this is now a proper season for that purpose. The 

 ground should be either deeply dug or trenched, and if not in 

 good condition, should be moderately enriched by the addi- 

 tion of manure. The pruning of these plants may now also 

 be proceeded with, removing all old wood, and all the branches 

 of the last season's gi'owth which are weak or not well formed, 

 as well as all good wood which is superfluous, leaving only 

 from three to five of the strongest and best shoots, which will 

 be sufficient for producing the ensuing crop. 



PLANTING AND PRUNING GOOSEBERRIES AND CURRANTS. 



New plantations of these fruits may now be made, and the 

 operation of pruning them expedited, as they are sufficiently 

 hardy not to be injured by the severest frosts. All worn out 

 or decaying branches should be removed, as well as all the 

 young spray of the preceding year's gi'owth, unless in those 

 cases, where a branch or two may be wanted to supply the 

 place of those decayed or worn out. Choose some of the best 

 formed shoots for this purpose, and such as are most con- 

 tiguous to the space intended to be filled. The last young 

 shoot, at the point of each leading shoot, should be retained 

 and left unshortened, to act as a conductor of the sap to the 

 extremities of the plant. The bushes should be kept reason- 

 ably thin of wood, particularly towards the middle, to admit 

 of a firee circulation of both sun and air to the fruit. 



