SOFT FRUIT BED (sorry did not mean to shout)

I have just dug out what I hoped to be a soft fruit bed which I intend to net ect. I obtained from my local garden centre three redcurrant, two blackcurrant and a gooseberry at the bargin price of �£5 the lot.(too good to refuse) however I had intended to include 6-8 raspberry canes.
Looking at the books ect I find the spacing for black and redcurrant to be over 5ft and I was only allowed (by H.T.S.B.O.) 12ft by 6ft.
Question.
Is it nessessary to have such spacing? I can have the gooseberry outside the fruit cage but not the rest.
ttfn
P.S.
A deal has been struck. I now have a 15 by 8 foot fruit bed so problem solved.

[ 10. December 2006, 07:49 PM: Message edited by: oldwinegum ]