as plants stood in the nursery row, and firm soil well. 
A mulch of strawy manure is desirable. Fall or very 
early spring planting is to be recommended. After 
pruning consists largely in removing older wood out of 
centers during the dormant season, Keep the plants 
growing and watch out for the curant worm and leaf 
spot. Both are easily controlled with Arsenate of Lead 
and Bordeaux mixture. 
Blackberries, Raspberries, Dewberries—Most essential 
to success with these bramble plants is to cut all tops 
back to 4 to 6 inches above the roots either before or 
immediately after planting. These should be set fairly 
deep, except one-year-old raspberry tip plants, the new 
growth of which starts from the crown in the mass of 
hair-like roots; these should be planted shallow, with 
the crown not more than one inch below the surface. 
Too deep planting is often fatal to one-year-old rasp- 
berry plants. Firm the dirt around each plant. Keep 

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surface of ground loose. In case of black and purple Rasp- 
berry tip plants be sure the growing sprout is not broken 
off and that the soil over this sprout is loose so that it 
can make its way up through the ground as this is the 
point from which new growth is made. 
Remove all old bearing canes immediately after the crop 
is harvested. Black and purple Raspberries are pruned by 
pinching the tops out of the new growth when it reaches 
a height of 214 feet during the early summer. The lateral 
branches are cut back to 10-12 inches in the spring before 
growth starts. 
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