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except for four lateral shoots. Prune these back to two
buds. In the third winter cut back the upper cane of
each pair to two buds. (This will become next year’s re-
placement canes.) Cut the lower cane back to 12 buds.
This year’s fruit will be borne on these canes.
In subsequent years, remove the cane that bore fruit
the previous year. Cut the upper cane of the replace-
ment pair back to two buds; the lower cane back to
12 buds.
Whichever pruning method you choose, you will have
better harvests if you limit each cane to one or two
clusters of grapes.After four years of bearing you can
leave half of the grape clusters.
Bramble fruits (blackberries, boysenberries, black
raspberries, and red raspberries) require the same
simple annual pruning. All bear fruit on year-old canes.
The canes grow from the ground and bear fruit in their
second summer. After bearing they become barren
or die, and should be removed immediately after har-
vest. Clean up the plants in late winter or early spring
before they begin to put on new growth.
New canes sprouting from the ground should be
thinned. Remove all but four or five of the stron-
gest new canes. With blackberries or boysenberries,
whose vine like canes trail, let these new canes grow
on the ground until the two-year-old canes are cut
after harvest. Then tie the new canes to a wire trellis
or stake for support. When the new canes are about
30 inches long tip them back to stimulate fruit-bearing
lateral growth.
SMALL BERRY FRUITS