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Show PROPAGATE RASPBERRY BUSH Staking Up Canee and Pinching Bach Tlpa In Mldiummer Is Deemed Beet Practice. Tourg rasp berries are propagated by the tips drooping over on the ground and taking root. These sucker plants are not t be desired, if the maximum maxi-mum fruiting ability of the canes Is to l-o preserved. Staking up the cam s and pinching back the tlpa In midsummer when the canes are about three to three and one-half feet high Is the best practice. It encourages a sturdier stur-dier cane which will stand erect of Its own accord, and also encourages tha growth of lateral or side branches on which next season's fruit Is borne. These side or lateral branches must not be allowed to grow too long any more than the main branches. They, I too, will drop over on the ground and take root. If given the opportunity. We cut these back about one-half their growth ln the spring while still dormant. dor-mant. This gives us good quality fruit. Canes trained up and kept off tha ground will send their energy In the proper direction towards sturdy ca'ne growth and later towards fruiting rather than along the line of reproduction. reproduc-tion. An orderly berry patch cannot be maintained where "nature's course-Is course-Is allowed to hold sway, and suckerlng of the canes must be prevented. Staking up the csnes can be done some rainy day, or will be a nice task for the children. |