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GROWING BUSH FRUITS 



the plantation is in full bearing not being appreciated. Put 

 the rows far enough apart to permit team or tractor cultivation 

 between them in one direction. There may be exceptions to 

 this rule, but for commercial purposes it is often better to use 

 more land, permitting quick and economical cultivation, than 

 to restrict the area and increase the hand labor. 



The hill or hedgerow systems (Figs. 226, 227, 228) may be 



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Fig. 228. Red raspberries grown in hills and 

 trained to stakes in the Hudson Valley section 

 of New York. 



followed, the latter being in commercial favor. Red rasp- 

 berries and many varieties of blackberries sucker so freely that 

 it is difficult to maintain the hill system, growers usually 

 allowing the row to fill in in one direction, but keeping the 

 width of the row restricted by plowing and cultivation. The 

 hill system produces the larger fruits but the smaller total 

 yield. It is easier to pick the fruit under the hill system. A 

 modification of both systems sometimes called "h'near" is to 



