The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-06-21
Field of Cuthbert Raspberries Under
Linear System of Cuture--Two
Wires, One on Each Side, Hold
Canes Erect.

when plants are in bearing about the
same number Of strong canes are pro-
duced the first year after the planta-
tlon comes into full bearing as during
each of the following years.
The new shoots of all types of rasp-
berries complete their development in
size the first season. The second sea-
son small side branches are sent out
on which the fruit Is borne. AS soon
as the berries ripen the cane dies and
is cut out. Thus the canes are bien-
nlal, that Is, they live for part Of two
years; and the roots are perennial,
living for many years. A few varie-
ties of red raspberrles, among which
Is the Ranere. bear fruit on the tips
Of the new canes in the summer and
autumn Of their first year Of growth.
Such tips die back, and the parts of
the cane which have not fluited bear
the following summer.
The system of training and pruning
varies not only with the type Of rasp-
berry, but also with the vigor and ma
ture of the variety with climatic con-
ditions, with the cost of materials,
and with the preference Of the grower.
Thus, the Ranere red raspberry makes
dense growth Of comparatively slen-
der canes, while others, like the Marl-
b0ro and Ruby, make fewer canes,
which are much stOuter and more
erect. The Ranere Is not a tall-grOw-
ing variety,
Under the hill system, the plants
should be set about feet apart each
way. A stake to inches in diam
etcr should be driven into the ground
beside each plant when 1t is one year
old, and the canes tied twice to each
stake, once about halfway up and
again at the top of the stake. Five to
seven canes should be left to each
plant the others being cut out. Ordi-
narlly no pruning of the tips is need
ed. The canes Of this variety grow
| fairly tall and the stakes In this case
err varieties have shorter canes and
the stakes should correspond to their
| height. Varieties like the Marlboro,
Ruby and Perfection may be grown
which make n rank growth of suckers,
MS does the Ranere.
Where the canes are stout and from
to feet tall, growers often allow
solid row or hedge 2 to feet wide
to form, as shown In figure 13. This
system is very common over all the
eastern United States and Is adapted
to such short-caned varieties as the
King, Marlboro, Herbert and Ruby. A
modification of this system is used ex-
tenslvely in New Jersey In growing
the -Ranere. The canes of the Ranere
are comparatively slender, and In
| early spring growers cut the tops back
with hedge shears so that they can
support the crop In an erect position.
The linear system. which differs
from the hedge system In that no
suckers are allowed to grow, seems to
be becoming more popular and is to
be preferred to any other In some
sections, 1t Is coming to be used very
commonly In training raspberries In
all parts of the United States where
varieties are grown which have strong
erect canes, and 1t Is the only system
used TO any extent In the state of
Washington. The simplest form of
this system is that used where the
canes are stout aud short and will
hold an erect position when bearing a
full crop OF fruit.