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Show I CARING FOR THE RASPBERRY BJ Canes Thst Have Borne Fruit Should HJ Be Pruned Away Soon as They HJ Have Performed Duty. BJ (By vr, n. an.nKiiT.) BJ The raspberry Is too often left alone HJ or prepared by rule of thumb methods BJ only. When this Is tho case 'It Is usc- BJ less to look for good crops. Tho canos flj that have borne fruit should always flj be got rid of as soon bb tbey have HJ performed this duty. BJ Choose fine weather for this opera- BJ tlon and leave threo or four young BJ shoots to each stool. Manuro and lot BJ them grow away until spring. Then HL If they appear very crowded let tho M "Ido shoots bo shortened back before Wm midsummer, down to about six or BJ eight leaves from the ground. Uy flj doing this tho light and air will have BJ free play and without their beneflclal BJ agency no good results can bo bad. BJ The canes of tho bushes must never BJ be allowed to press ono anothor. When BJ this Is the caso good fruit la tmposst- BJ ble. Over-crowding Is fatal to elthor BJ fruit or flowers. BJ The great object In pruning Is to flj open tho heart of tho trco or bush so Hb as to admit tho sunshlno and air, Tho J thicket of young suckers should also flj bo removed. To form a raspberry flj hedge, plant tho canes a foot apart 9J and train on wires. Cut those that 9J havo' borno and train tho young canes HJ so that thoy are six inches asunder, flj In regard to varieties, the very large flj kinds, I consldor very undesirable, ex- HJ cept, as the dcalor said when asked HJ 'What tho utterly useless razors ho flj had to offer wero made for?" "To HJ sell!" These mammoth varieties look HJ well, but they lack tho Juice and tho HJ peculiarly delicious acid flavor of flj tho raspberry. |
