Although raspberries are easy to grow, they are too fragile and perishable to be widely marketed, and so are especially valuable in home gardens. They grow on erect shrubs that bear loose clusters of white flowers in early summer; the flowers are followed immediately by the fruit.
While everbearing red and yellow raspberries will bear two crops a year, such production puts a great strain on the plants. It is best to cut the canes of everbearers to the ground late in the fall instead of in the spring or early summer, allowing them to make unrestricted growth during the summer so as to produce a heavy fall crop.
To prune black and purple raspberries, snip off the tips of the new canes in midsummer when they are about 3 feet tall. This will cause them to send out laterals, or side branches, that may more than double fruit production the following year. In the spring remove all but three to six strong canes and cut back the laterals to about 8 to 10 inches. Each of the buds on the laterals will bear several clusters of berries. Cut away the fruit-producing canes as soon as they finish bearing.
The second type of strawberry, called everbearer, produces an early-summer crop and a fall crop, as well as some berries intermittently during the summer. When everbearers are planted in spring, the early-summer blossoms are removed that year only to prevent the plants from fruiting until fall; thereafter they will produce spring and fall crops each year until they lose vigor, usually after three years.
Raspberries should never be planted where eggplants, peppers, potatoes or tomatoes have grown within three years, because they are susceptible to soil- borne diseases associated with such plants. Spring planting is recommended. If plants are to be grown in rows, set red and yellow varieties about 2 to 21/2 feet apart in rows about 7 to 8 feet apart; set black and purple varieties 3 feet apart in rows 8 feet apart.
Following are varieties recommended for home gardeners because of their particularly good flavor. In New York, New England and eastern Canada, good June bearers are Fairfax, Catskill, Surecrop and Sparkle; an everbearer is Ozark Beauty. Along the middle East Coast, recommended June bearers are Midland, Catskill, Surecrop and Vesper; an everbearer is Ozark Beauty. In the Southeast and along the Gulf Coast, June bearers are Suwannee, Pocahontas and Tennessee Beauty. In Florida, recommended June bearers are Florida 90 and Missionary. In the South Central region, June bearers are Earlibelle, Pocahontas and Tennessee Beauty; an everbearer is Ozark Beauty. In the North Central states and south-central Canada, June bearers are Midland, Surecrop and Sparkle; an everbearer is Su- perfection. In the Plains and Mountain states, June bearers are Cyclone, Dunlap and Trumpeter; an everbearer is Ogallala. In California and the Southwest, June bearers are Shasta, Tioga and Goldsmith; an everbearer is Red Rich. In the Pacific Northwest, June bearers are Marshall, Northwest and Siletz; an everbearer is Red Rich. A single strawberry plant will provide about 1 pint of fruit per season.
While everbearing red and yellow raspberries will bear two crops a year, such production puts a great strain on the plants. It is best to cut the canes of everbearers to the ground late in the fall instead of in the spring or early summer, allowing them to make unrestricted growth during the summer so as to produce a heavy fall crop.
To prune black and purple raspberries, snip off the tips of the new canes in midsummer when they are about 3 feet tall. This will cause them to send out laterals, or side branches, that may more than double fruit production the following year. In the spring remove all but three to six strong canes and cut back the laterals to about 8 to 10 inches. Each of the buds on the laterals will bear several clusters of berries. Cut away the fruit-producing canes as soon as they finish bearing.
The second type of strawberry, called everbearer, produces an early-summer crop and a fall crop, as well as some berries intermittently during the summer. When everbearers are planted in spring, the early-summer blossoms are removed that year only to prevent the plants from fruiting until fall; thereafter they will produce spring and fall crops each year until they lose vigor, usually after three years.
Raspberries should never be planted where eggplants, peppers, potatoes or tomatoes have grown within three years, because they are susceptible to soil- borne diseases associated with such plants. Spring planting is recommended. If plants are to be grown in rows, set red and yellow varieties about 2 to 21/2 feet apart in rows about 7 to 8 feet apart; set black and purple varieties 3 feet apart in rows 8 feet apart.
Following are varieties recommended for home gardeners because of their particularly good flavor. In New York, New England and eastern Canada, good June bearers are Fairfax, Catskill, Surecrop and Sparkle; an everbearer is Ozark Beauty. Along the middle East Coast, recommended June bearers are Midland, Catskill, Surecrop and Vesper; an everbearer is Ozark Beauty. In the Southeast and along the Gulf Coast, June bearers are Suwannee, Pocahontas and Tennessee Beauty. In Florida, recommended June bearers are Florida 90 and Missionary. In the South Central region, June bearers are Earlibelle, Pocahontas and Tennessee Beauty; an everbearer is Ozark Beauty. In the North Central states and south-central Canada, June bearers are Midland, Surecrop and Sparkle; an everbearer is Su- perfection. In the Plains and Mountain states, June bearers are Cyclone, Dunlap and Trumpeter; an everbearer is Ogallala. In California and the Southwest, June bearers are Shasta, Tioga and Goldsmith; an everbearer is Red Rich. In the Pacific Northwest, June bearers are Marshall, Northwest and Siletz; an everbearer is Red Rich. A single strawberry plant will provide about 1 pint of fruit per season.
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Because of the skilled gardening labor and growing time involved, dwarfs cost a bit more than standard fruit trees of the same type, but the results they produce are truly remarkable.
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