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In that case, I'm going to guess that the canes that had fruit were fairly green, rather than brown. That means that those were the canes that came up and fruited the same year. If I'm right, then you have the so- called "everberarer" type. This gives you two choices for management. 1. Mow the whole row down [you'll probably need a tractor in the next year or two, rather than a lawn tractor] in early spring, just as new canes begin to poke through the ground. This system means no hand-pruning, but means you won't get a crop until late summer. Depending on you situation this may be acceptable as tradeoff for less work, or even ideal. When I had my orchard I did mine this way, since I didn;t want raspberries until I had early pears and apples. 2. The canes that fruited this year will also fruit in early summer, so you can hand prune to thin them out [leave about 6-8 of the biggest canes per foot of row, about 1 1/2' -2' wide}, then next early spring hand prune all the obviously dead canes, plus thin again to same spacing. For a good manual on raspberry management, and good folks to buy from if you want more/different varieties, see Link Good luck. And enjoy! Mark
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