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from "Kim Bewick" contains these words:

Carrying on from my first posting regarding my new allotment, I have now
discovered that I have a little bit more land than i first thought and that
this strip of land is covered in raspberry canes. Does anyone know if it is
possible to salvage these at all. They look like very dead sticks at the
moment about 2' in height, but not knowing anything about raspberries, i
don't know what to do next.

Lucky you. If you look carefully, you should be able to see which are
dead and which are this year's fruiting canes.

The old wood will be branched, and the new stuff will mainly be just
canes with buds on. Also, the new stuff will look cleaner and may be a
light caramel colour.

You can cut the old wood now, as close to the ground as you can without
damaging the roots. (Probably won't matter if you do.)

You may need to take expert advice when the fruit is ripe - you may have
autumn-fruiting raspberries, and these have a different pruning régime -
but you can't harm them by treating them as summer fruiting ones the
first year.

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