Agriculture Reference
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raspberry varieties fruit in the late summer of the primocane
stage and then again in the early summer of the floricane
stage. After the early summer fruiting, the floricanes should
be removed. The easiest way to distinguish floricanes in
ever-bearing raspberries is that the first-year fruit is on the top
of the cane and the second-year fruit is at the bottom.
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Properly pruned grape vines yield good crops.
Grapes
Grapes can be divided into three general varieties: European,
American, and muscadine. European grape varieties (Vitis
vinifera) are vulnerable to a nasty pest called phylloxera,
which is a tiny louselike insect that causes all sorts of
problems, especially in the eastern United States. Muscadine
grapes, native to the southern United States, can be
successfully grown only south of Maryland because of their
climate requirements. Other American grape varieties are
naturally resistant to phylloxera and can be grown practically
anywhere in the continental United States. For varietal wine
