Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-02-06 | Page 6 | Growing Raspberries

GROWING RASPBERRIES. These are very fine berrle. and are easily grown. Fifty to one hundred hills of cane, well taken enre of will yield plenty of fruit for the average . family. . . . Karly this spring prepare a plot of ground for the setting out of the roota, which can be bought from any nursery. Set the roots in rows three feet apart and p. nee them two feet apart In the rows. Olve them repeated and clean cultivation, allowing about two canea to .tart from each root. Tie them to stakes, but get a. good a growth through the summer as possible. Something Some-thing like one-third of a crop of fine berrle. will be had the following Bra-son Bra-son The spring of the second year cut out all the old cane, and allow two to three young cane, to grow up through the summer, but when they get thlrtjr Inches hlfc-h, top them, l'lnchlng off the top bud causes the canes to take on a thicker growth and also cause, side branches to start out from the ground to the tops. They will stand up straight and strong and require no .take.. Tolerably early cut all the aide j branches back to about one foot la length. Do this before the leave, be. Kin to come out. Treated In this way, each cane look, like a -little shrub and after the bloom comes, all of them are loaded with It and the result is a very large yield of perfect fruit. With this sort of treatment each year nn abundance of fine berries is secured with little trouble. Farm Ufe.