Inexperienced growers are invariably eager to rush their canes into bearing at once, and are very apt to demur when advised to sacrifice fruit the first year. On most of the principal points of pruning in the case of Raspberries experts are agreed, notably in regard to the value of shortening young canes after planting. It is not unreasonable, therefore, to suggest that the Raspberry claims a somewhat higher dignity than the boot-scraper. The boot-scraper, while serving a useful, if modest, purpose, does not bear crops of delicious and useful fruit the Raspberry does. The one is as common an object as the other, and excites about as much attention. There are a few Raspberry stools in nearly every garden, just as there is a boot-scraper. ![]() It is a case of familiarity breeding contempt, presumably. The Raspberry is about the easiest of all the small fruits to manage, and perhaps the most neglected.
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