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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

I would start out with 100 raspberry canes.  The first year you will
get almost no raspberries. A few the next and some the third. The
fourth year the plants will sucker well and the berries will come.  I
live in a colder area and almost everyone here grows Boyne red
raspberries.  They are super hardy, bear well, and don't get
diseased.  I like purple raspberries but they are barely hardy here. 
I also have Killarney reds but I like Boyne better.