Jim Jackson wrote:
[...]

I wrote:
On GQT, 11 Feb '07, Seabrook said that with Autumn Bliss, you could
prune down only as far as the last fruiting shoot (taking about a
thrid off), in spring (I guess he meant late February). You then get
a crop in June, after which you cut right down in the conventional
manner, and it will fruit again in August. I've never tried this, ...
^^^^^^^^^^
The stool will, if it has new growth in current year. The one you cut
out, of course can't fruit :-

Ha, ha.

This procedure works. Every year, in my 15 year old autumn fruiting
patch, I leave any good unfruited canes, and prune off the tops of any
that have only fruited near the top. These give me a crop in late
June/July, then a fruiting gap until aprox mid august when this years
canes start to fruit and continue till November or even later.

Good news. I want to have a go. But I'm not quite clear: do you cut the
June-fruited canes down to the ground as in Seabrook's method? Or are
you saying that it's /those/ canes which fruit from August onward?

--
Mike.