. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. Book I. RASPBERRY. r37. and sun, and promote the growth of the fruit and improve its flavor. Also twist off all root-suckers as they appear. 4689. Winter pruning. " This extends both to the old and young wood; the time for it is when the plant is at
. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. Book I. RASPBERRY. r37. and sun, and promote the growth of the fruit and improve its flavor. Also twist off all root-suckers as they appear. 4689. Winter pruning. " This extends both to the old and young wood; the time for it is when the plant is at rest. Of the shoots of the preceding summer, cut out the cross-placed and the otherwise irre- gular, with those which are not wanted for vacancies ; but superfluous good lateral shoots are to be cut down to short stubs or artificial spurs, about half an inch long, so as to leave an eye or two, in order that they may send out fruit-shoots and spurs. With regard to the old bearers, take away those which are naked, or getting unfruitful, or of which the fruit is declining in size ; reduce any of excessive length, pruning in to some well placed lateral young shoot, to preserve the head within some regular compass: cut out also any decayed or cankery parts; retain a competency of the finest best-placed new shoots above and below vacant parts, to come in for successional bearers, or to supply the places of defective old wood; and preserve a leading shoot to the principal branches, where within orderly limits: shortening such termi- nal shoots as are of greatest length, to ten, twelve, or fifteen inches, according to their strength and situation on the branches ; and leaving those of small extent mostly entire. Take care of the small natural fruit- spurs, and occasionally select short lateral roots of one, two, or three inches, for bearing fruit; or similar small shoots may be cut to short snags of an inch or two long, also for fruiting. Thin out spurs on the old branches where very
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