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Show r Management of Haepbnrrlee and Blackberries, , A correspondent aaed the Maine Kiporllnout rJtallon for Information aa to the time for pruning and transplanting transplant-ing raapherrlia and blackberries. In reply tha following suggestions were aieoe- "Tha Ideal trcalment for raupbrrrlra and, bladbomca la to pinch them back at Intervale during the atimmer and thua secure atrong, alurdy buahea three and a bait to four feot blah, with Uterala one to one and a half feet .cog, ratnnr than to practice eerera beading back after the planta bava uo'cunie long tnd 'leugy.' If, however, aa li frequently the caae even In tha neat managed garuena, tha planta ara at thla acaniiu making vlitoroue growth vhlrh may not mature, they ahould at once be cut back to Ihe doalred height ana the ennt will harden before cold wvathor. .dany prefer to cut bark the buahea In the aprinn. after the eitent of winter-killing la determined. Thinning Thin-ning the caiiea. which ahould alwaya be practiced, may bo done at any tlnm i ilurliig tint eeuKun. In Ken era I oiib- lialf. or more, of the young cutiea v.hhh appear ehuuld be tut out. HlucMierry and rajtiherry butthea may be truii. hinted tlili fall If the work la dune Itntni'illtitely. but belter I result a are lnunlly ubtiilncd frutu aprlng planting. t'urranta. on the other naud, hnve given rather better ruaulta from full aeltling W. M. M." |
