. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. R AS 49S RED then ready for planting : having previ-[ Mr. Mearns recommends, "in May ously to this chosen an open spot of! the removal of the young fruit-bearing good ground and trenched it, put in the ! shoots from the canes, leaving in some plants as soon as possible, in rows a I cases one or two eyes, in others cutting yard and a half apart, and a yard asun- them clean off. Under either plan they der in the rows. If planted closer the I soon show an abundance of vigorous plants, producing numerous suckers in ' shoots, frequently three or f
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. R AS 49S RED then ready for planting : having previ-[ Mr. Mearns recommends, "in May ously to this chosen an open spot of! the removal of the young fruit-bearing good ground and trenched it, put in the ! shoots from the canes, leaving in some plants as soon as possible, in rows a I cases one or two eyes, in others cutting yard and a half apart, and a yard asun- them clean off. Under either plan they der in the rows. If planted closer the I soon show an abundance of vigorous plants, producing numerous suckers in ' shoots, frequently three or four from summer, grow so close as to exclude each eye, which produce plenty of blos- the due influence of sun and air from soms in the beginning of Julv, and on the fruit, as well as render it trouble- ^ these a good crop of fine raspberries is some to gather the produce. If the ! borne in ;—Hort. Trans. planting is performed late in the spring, give a good watering, and repeat it oc- casionally till the plants have struck fresh root. After-Culture. — Keep them clean from weeds all summer by broad hoe- ins, giving an annual dressing in au- Training.—The earliest and finest are obtained from canes planted beneath a south wall, and trained against it in this form. (Fig. 143.) But in the open ground the best mode of training is round small hoops, thus. (Fig. 144.) The worst form is plaiting the canes tumn, cutting down the decayed stems j together; and training in arches or other that bore the preceding summer. Thin the young succession bearers; clear away all intermediate suckers between those of the main stocks; and then point with a fork the ground betvveen the rows. Previous to the above-mentioned an- nual dressing of raspberries, observe that, as they produce a fresh supply of shoots or suckers every year for bear- ing the next, therefore the annual dress- ing be performed anytime from October till March. First proceed to clear out all the decayed stems, bei
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