. The amateur's practical garden-book;. Gardening. RASPBERRY 187 or 7 feet; the red varieties 3 feet apart, the rows 5 feet apart. Spring setting is usually preferable. As with blackberries and dewberries, Raspberries bear on last year's canes, and these canes bear but once. Therefore cut out the old canes after fruiting, or before the following spring, thus destroying such insects and fungi as may have lodged on them. New caues should have grown in the meantime, 3 to 6 to a hill. The first year after the plants are set the canes should be pinched back when they reach the height of from 30 to
. The amateur's practical garden-book;. Gardening. RASPBERRY 187 or 7 feet; the red varieties 3 feet apart, the rows 5 feet apart. Spring setting is usually preferable. As with blackberries and dewberries, Raspberries bear on last year's canes, and these canes bear but once. Therefore cut out the old canes after fruiting, or before the following spring, thus destroying such insects and fungi as may have lodged on them. New caues should have grown in the meantime, 3 to 6 to a hill. The first year after the plants are set the canes should be pinched back when they reach the height of from 30 to 36 inches. If a very vigorous growth has been made the first season two canes may be left for fruiting, but in the case of weak growth only one cane should be allowed to fruit. In case of low-growing varieties — those that have been pinched back short — a mulch of straw or grass around the plants at fruiting time will help to hold the moisture, and also serve to keep the fruits clean in case of heavy rains. A Raspberry plantation will last three to five years. The black varieties are propagated by layers, the tip of a cane being laid in the soil in midsummer; by fall the tip ^'^ ^^^ ^"'^^ will have taken root and may be separated. The red varieties are propagated by suckers from the roots. In nurseries both blacks and reds are often propagated by means of root-cuttings. For red rust, pull out the plant, root and branch, and burn it. Short rotations—fruiting the plants only two or three years — and burning the old canes and trimmings, will do much to keep Raspberry plantations healthy. Spray- ing will have some effect in combating anthracnose. Rasp- berries may be bent over to the ground so that the snow will protect them, in severe climates. Varieties are always changing in favor. Good black- caps are Gregg, Ohio, and Kansas. Good red and purple sorts are Shaffer, Cuthbert, Loudon, and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images th
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