. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. June, 1922 BETTER FRUIT Page Twenty-one Care of Raspberries and Evergreens {Continued from page 7) ground, and carry the new canes overhead, up between the bearing canes during June, July and August. In February, they are dropped to the lower trellis. That is the plan that is being used very commonly with some of our better plantings in the Puyallup valley. The canes overhead mature the wood better, are hardier when carried up than on the trellis underneath, and go through the winter better. In 1919, in adjoining fields, where the canes were carried over- head th
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. June, 1922 BETTER FRUIT Page Twenty-one Care of Raspberries and Evergreens {Continued from page 7) ground, and carry the new canes overhead, up between the bearing canes during June, July and August. In February, they are dropped to the lower trellis. That is the plan that is being used very commonly with some of our better plantings in the Puyallup valley. The canes overhead mature the wood better, are hardier when carried up than on the trellis underneath, and go through the winter better. In 1919, in adjoining fields, where the canes were carried over- head there was practically no winter injury. The disadvantage is that it is a little hard to get them up during July and August. It is easier to drop them than it is to carry the new canes up to the bearing trellis. IVTHERE we use a commercial fertilizer " we like to have about a 2-10 or a 2-8 or a 2-4 combination. On our sandier soils we believe in a great deal of phosphor- ous. Where we might ordinarily use a 2-8 fertilizer, we like to use a little more phos- phorous because we find that the plants respond on that lighter soil where con- siderable phosphorous is used. One common practice that our growers are using now is the combination of poultry and berries. Almost every berry grower, 75 or 80 per cent, now have some poultry in connection with their berry plantation. At certain times of the year they let the poultry run in the berries. The poultry helps cultivate the hills, keep down weeds and grass between the plants, and also aids in fertilization. One man a few years ago said: "If my poultry did not lay an egg they would pav for themselves in the benefit they do to the field, in fertiliz- ing and scratching. I consider that the eggs they lav are clear ; So we are using fertilizers now that have hen manure as the chief element and supplement that with phosphorous and potash. After planting Evergreens we get a pay- ing crop in about three years. We will get
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