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A cane fruit to follow
strawberries as the chief soft fruit of later
summer. It freezes well and with its unique flavour
makes excellent preserves. There are now varieties
to spread the season over several months. They
flower later than strawberries and are rarely
troubled by frost. But if you do have problems
with frost, you could plant Malling Jewel rather
than Malling Promise for early fruit and then
plant Glen Clova for mid-season, with Norfolk
Giant for a late crop of fruit.
Raspberries require an open sunny situation. To
enable the canes to receive the full amount of
sunshine, plant the rows north to south. A plantation
will be permanent, although raspberries fruit
on the previous year’s canes and it is necessary
to provide the plants with nitrogenous manures
to enable them to make plenty of growth. Raspberry
plants also need humus in order to retain summer
moisture, without which there will be few new
canes and the fruits will be hard and seedy.
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