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For all raspberries I begin the process during the winter, when then are dormant, by removing all suckers that grow from outside the bed.

Then I remove all dead canes and those that are brittle, weak or broken.

Raspberries grow from canes, shoots that have few branches. Pruning helps maintain productive plants. I read that to promote fruiting only in the fall some cut off all stems at the ground.

For all my raspberries, I cut last year's canes flush to the ground.This type of cut results in the formation of numerous new canes that grow as suckers from the roots. I use a sharp cutting tool at an angle to the cane.

I read that to promote fruiting only in the fall some cut off all stems at the ground.I prefer to maintain these canes as fall-bearing so I don't leave any canes at in the winter pruning, as above, cutting then off at the ground.

Once the new canes grow suckers in the spring, in late May or early June, when the they are about a foot tall I thin them to a spacing of about 6 to 8 inches apart.

So, to promote fruiting in both summer and fall, prune a portion of the canes well above the ground (which will bear in June) and prune the remaining canes off at the ground.