The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-28

wire on the west side OF them and few
inches below the lower wire of the
trellis ii which the bearing canes are
tied. Stretching of the temporary wire
may be done any time after the young
canes are three or four feet in height
and before harvest. With this system
of training the pickers are in the shade
of the plants most of the day. Cultivat-
ing is made no harder than with other
systems and the canes are given every
opportunity for development.
System E Given.
System E. A few growers who. do not
care for early berries are adopting the
following system. Posts are set and
cross pieces attached as in system A,
but at height of five feet. The cross
pieces are Of one-inch boards six inches
in width and about sixteen inches in
length. ~
Instead of stapling the wires to the
cross pieces, holes are bored about two
inches from the ends and three inches
from the top of each board. Through
these holes the wires are drawn. About
two inches above and an inch nearer
each end Of the board other holes are
made for two more wires. .3
A notch is made to the top holes with
a saw so that wires can be easily pushed
into the holes from the top Of the board.
The top wires are strung loosely until
the canes are in place. The frulting
canes of each hill are divided; half are
placed outside of the lower wire on one
side and half the same way on the other
side. The upper wire is then drawn
tight and the canes held securely in
position with no tying.
There is space Of twelve inches be-
tween each lower wire in which the
young canes are allowed to develop. In
this way the young canes are not in
jured during harvesting and do not in,
terfere with the fruiting canes. Pick
ing is done from both sides of the row
This system makes harvesting easy and
the foliage dries quickly after a rain.
The fruiting canes are usually cut back
to height of six feet, making the
fruiting season a little later than when
some Of the other systems Of training
are used
High Bush Blackberries.
The high-bush blackberry is some
times set in hills six feet apart each
way, but more often the plants are set
in rows seven or eight feet apart and
about three feet apart between indi
vidual plants. The method of training
is very similar to System A described
for training red raspberries. When the
fruits are partially developed, the fruit
ing shoots are drawn to the outside OF
the trellis, where they hang in easy
reach Of the pickcrs.
system +. Most of the trailer black
berries, such as Evergreen, are sun
ported by double trellis quite like that
used in, System B for red raspberries
but the posts are SCI closer and cross
pieces Of wood or wire connect eacf
pair Of wires The posts are usually SCI
sixteen to twenty four feet apart anc
the cross strips on the wires are a.
intervals of twenty four or thirty
inches The lower pair Of wires sup
ports the young canes as they are de
veloped and the upper trellis holds th'
bearing canes. The cross strips or slat
on each pair Of wires are usually mad
of wood. They are held to the wire
by notches in the wood or by staplini
one end of the strip to one wire an'
driving shingle nail in the other ent
in such manner that il hooks over tn
other wire. The strips can thus easii'
be removed when the canes are cut on
or raised. The canes are trained serpn
tin fashion above and below the eros
strips and held firmly to tAetrellis
After the bearing canes have produce
= crop they are cut out and the youn
, canes raised in their place.
Loganberries.
System q. A few growers train tn
} young canes at height Of five feet 81
. inches and the bearing canes below q
, height Of forty inches. They like thi
> method better than the preceding ON
With both systems the canes may a
: be trained in the same direction br