11 SEPTEMBER 1953, Page 15

Old Canes A note about cutting back raspberry and loganberry

canes brings a card from the Rev. A. Lyle Harrison of Rostrevor, Co. Down, who Wants me to be explicit, I think. Leave enough new canes for next season and cut out the old ones and all spindly and weak shoots. I remarked that this should be done to within six inches of the ground. It is, of course, -a great deal tidier, if a little more tiring, to cut the stems carefully at ground level, although the old stubs will rot and