. Biggle berry book; a condensed treatise on the culture of berries. Berries. Il8 BIGGLE BERRY BOOK. by some to plant raspberries in rows seven feet apart, mulch on each side of the rows for two feet, and cultivate the two foot strips in the centre, to keep the soil loose, putting the mulch on in June. Four or five bearing canes are enough to let stand in the hill, which, after fruiting, should be cut away. The new succulent canes of the red raspberry, which come up in the spring, are the ones which bear fruit the following year. These, in rich ground, will grow too tall, and it is best to mak
. Biggle berry book; a condensed treatise on the culture of berries. Berries. Il8 BIGGLE BERRY BOOK. by some to plant raspberries in rows seven feet apart, mulch on each side of the rows for two feet, and cultivate the two foot strips in the centre, to keep the soil loose, putting the mulch on in June. Four or five bearing canes are enough to let stand in the hill, which, after fruiting, should be cut away. The new succulent canes of the red raspberry, which come up in the spring, are the ones which bear fruit the following year. These, in rich ground, will grow too tall, and it is best to make them stocky and spreading, by clipping or pinching off the tops when they get about two feet high, and all the canes of weak growth should not be allowed to grow at all. Never trim in the fall. Some growers advise never to trim the raspberry after the first year during the growing season, at any rate, if done at all, it should be done early. Some prefer to plant a trellis of wire along the rows and fasten the canes thereto, and where regard is had to neatness, it is well. Two trel- lises with the row between is best, then tjang will not be needed Get plants certainly true to name, and remember that varie- ties are apt to get mixed in some nurseries. The raspberry bed will be inclined to run out after four or five years, unless well taken care of, but can be renewed by cut- ting all of the canes off to the ground in early spring, and burn- ing, loosening up the ground and thinning the plants , then an application of a forkful of rich manure over each plant will do the business. Black-cap raspberries root from the tips of the canes, and the new plants thus formed become the bearing canes next year, so that it is important to give attention at the right season, to see that the tips are rooted, for, if this be disregarded, there will be but little fruit, and the bed will soon run out. RED VARIETIES. Turner.—Plant a very strong grower, noted for hardiness, and free from diseases
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