Pruning may be needed to remove dead branches, encourage bushier growth, promote more flowers, or maintain a specific size or shape. “Boyne” produces heavy harvests of medium-sized berries that are firm and excellent for freezing and for jam. Pruning is needed several times during the season: In spring to clean up any damaged or ill canes; Mid-season for size and height control; Fall clean-up after harvest to prepare the plants for winter ; Fall clean-up is the most pruning-intensive time. If you are looking for a berry that will produce well for market or a home garden, the Boyne Raspberry is a great choice. After fruiting, set your black raspberry plants up for a smooth ride through winter and a successful future harvest with an early fall pruning. Dead branches should be removed close to the trunk, flush with the bark. My raspberry pruning was doing more harm than good and I was having no fun at all, so I changed my ways and started waiting until winter to lop out the old canes, which had gone gray with age so they were easy to spot. These tenacious plants do very well in Alaska, and can handle less-than-ideal conditions. When pruning to control a plant's size or shape, cuts should be made just above a leaf bud and at a slight angle. Pruning instructions can be very confusing, since there is more than one way to do it. But a lack of pruning leads to tangled, unproductive, disease-prone raspberry jungles. Heading First, head (pinch, tip, or cut off) each cane at a desired height in the early fall, anywhere between 28 and 48 inches. However, not pruning leads to an unproductive, disease-prone, tangled, thorny mess. Boyne Raspberry is a moderately sweet berry well adapted to the Northwest climate. Boyne was developed in Canada as an extremely hardy raspberry. 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