THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PRUNING.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1420, 9 August 1881, Page 3

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PRUNING.

TUB RISPBERRY. The fruit of thcrnapberryis produced upon suffruticose stems, which spring from the ground, either in the same or the previous year. In most of the kindh it is produced upon lator.il shoota, which are borne bj the previous year's canes. This fruit shrub differs from others of its class in the stems not being persistent, but only of annual duration. They are of an herbaceous rather than a shrubby sharactcr. The object of the cultivator should be to get the->e annual shoots as stung as possible ; and, as a multiplicity of suckers are thrown up by all 'the kinds but the true yellow Antwerp which propogateB with great shyness, they must, as soon as they can bo seen, be reduced to two or three shoots, which are., to form, the canes for next year's crop, Oare pmst bo taken to becure them fiom the action of the wind by securing them to stakes, and whenever the preceding year's crop of fruit is over, the removal of the old canes will be. an advantage to the yo^ng, ones. Two or three canes may be tied to a single stake at the distance of five feet each way. This distance may startle the amateur, but where it can be given it is a decided advantage j and those who cannot afford so much must bend ? to circumstances 'and do with less^ f At the time of winter pruning the points of the shoota may be shortened a little and fresh stakes put to them, which completes the process for the season, The formation of jhe flower 'buds may be retarded and a ! late crop of If rait may be obtaiued by cutting down some of the shoots to within two or three eyes of the ground. New and vigorous shoots will be produced from the eyes, which wjll not form their fruit till later than' the other, and the season of this desirable fruit, may be much prolonged. The double bearing is a valuable kind, and should 'have the canes -of 'the* alttraate" shoots cut clown to two or three eyW annually. The finest fruit is in all cases produced from the strongest and best ripened canes. ' Full 1 exposure is therefore necessary to obtain these, and single j, rows will,, t on r this account always $>e| found mopt productive .

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