. Success with small fruits . ery blazeon the hearth during the early autumn evenings. There are stockygrowing varieties, like the Cuthbert, Turner, Herstine and others, that bysummer pruning or vigorous cutting back would be self-supporting, if nottoo much exposed to high winds. The question is a very practical one,and should be decided largely by ex-perience and the growers are fields and regions in whichgales, and especially thunder-gusts,would prostrate into the dirt thestoutest bushes that could be formedby summer pruning, breaking downcanes heav)^ with green and ripe fruit
. Success with small fruits . ery blazeon the hearth during the early autumn evenings. There are stockygrowing varieties, like the Cuthbert, Turner, Herstine and others, that bysummer pruning or vigorous cutting back would be self-supporting, if nottoo much exposed to high winds. The question is a very practical one,and should be decided largely by ex-perience and the growers are fields and regions in whichgales, and especially thunder-gusts,would prostrate into the dirt thestoutest bushes that could be formedby summer pruning, breaking downcanes heav)^ with green and ripe saving a penny stake, a bit ofstring, and the moment required fortying, one might be made to feel, aftera July storm, that he had been toothrifty. As far as my experience andobservation go, I would either stakeall my bushes that stood separately and singly, or else would growthem in a loose, continuous, bushy row, and keep the fruit clean by somekind of mulch. Splashed, muddy berries are not fit either to eat orto a. b. a. Canes snugly tied. b. Canes itnf roper!y tied. Right and Wrong Ways of Tying Canes. 170 Success with Small Fndts. In many localities, however, stakes are dispensed with. In the garden,wires, fastened to posts, are occasionally stretched along the rows, andthe canes tied to these. The method in this section, however, is toinsert stakes firmly in the hill, by means of a pointed crowbar, and thecanes are tied to them as early in spring as possible. Unless watched, theboys who do the tying persist in leaving the upper cords of the canes unsupported ends, when weighted with fruit and foliage, break, ofcourse. The canes should be snugly tied their whole length. If bushes made stocky by summer pruning are supported, let the stakebe inserted on the side opposite from which heavy winds are expected. WINTER PROTECTION—TAKING UP PLANTS FOR SPRING USE — STORING THEM. Nearly all foreign varieties and their seedlings need winter protection,or a
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