Growing Raspberry Plants
Daniel Haran "Growing Raspberry Plants" Red Antwerp raspberry plant. Canes dark brown, long, short-jointed. Fruit fairly thimble-shaped. Flesh firm, rich, juicy, with a fine, sweet flavor. Ripe about the fourth of July. There is a variety of a raspberry plant called Red Antwerp, generally cultivated, with small fruit, readily broken into pieces, and wood of a reddish-brown color. Franconia raspberry plant, is a hardier variety than the former, and does better in colder latitudes. Fruit large, conical, of a bright red color. Flesh firm ;flavor sharp ; rich and abundant. Ripe about the middle of July. White, or Yellow Antwerp raspberry plant. Fruit are nearly as large as the Red Antwerp ; of the same shape. Flesh yellow, very tender, rich, and very sweat. Wood yellow ; a great bearer. Fastolff raspberry plant. Fruit is very large ; of an oval, conical form. Flesh very rich, juice abundant, and makes a beautiful dessert fruit. It will never be a popular market fruit, being so soft that it will transport well, but will hold its place for home consumption. Ripe 4th of July. Ohio Ever-bearing raspberry plant. Fruit conical ; color black ; large size, produced in clusters on the points of the shoots. Flesh dark-red, juice not very abundant, produces through the whole sea-son till frost, and quite indispensable on this account. Wood strong, of a dark purple color. PROPAGATION. This is of the easiest character. Give the raspberry plants rich, deep, sandy loamy soil, and they will send up an abundance of suckers every season, each of which will form a plant and produce fruit the following year. PLANTING. Raspberry plants should be put out in rows three feet apart and four feet from row to row. Give the raspberry plants plenty of manure every year. Dig deep, but not close to the bottom of the raspberry plant. An area partially shaded, or naturally moist, though not wet, is the best spot. Plants will last for years if properly attended to by enriching the soil every year. PRUNING. Pruning Raspberry plants, can be reduced to a simple rule. In the Autumn cut out all the old wood that produced fruit the past summer, close to the ground ; tie up the new shoots to a stake or trellis, about five feet high ; then cut off about a foot of the tops of the shoots, and the work is done. In colder areas the raspberry plants, after having been deprived of their old wood, have to be laid down all Winter, and covered with earth, Spruce, or Pine branches, till Spring, when they are lifted and tied up as above. About the Author
Daniel Haran writes articles for http://www.backyard-gardening.com/blog with tips and tricks for the hobbyist interested in backyard-gardening. Daniel Haran may be contacted at http://www.backyard-gardening.com/blog. Click here to view more articles by Daniel Haran. Reprinted with Permission from IdeaMarketers.com
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