The Bulletin 



VoLUVE 28. North Carolina State Board of Agriculture. Number 8. 



Entered at the Raleigh Post-office as second-class mail matter. 



The Bulletin is published monthly by the State Board of Agriculture. 



RALEIGH, AUGUST, 1907. 



DEWBERRIES. 

 PRELIMINARY REPORT. 



F. C. REIMER. 



INTRODUCTION. 



This is a preliminary bulletin on the dewberry. It is not intended 

 as a final treatise on the subject. The writer is giving the subject of 

 dewberries considerable study, is carrying on a number of experi- 

 ments with them, and expects to publish more fully on certain phases 

 of the subject at a later date. 



The reasons for putting out this preliminary bulletin are that con- 

 siderable interest is now being taken in the subject by many of our 

 people, and that many immigrants are coming into the State, some of 

 whom wish to take up the culture of dewberries, but know little about 

 local conditions. In some instances beginners have failed in growing 

 this crop, and it seems proper at this time to put out a preliminary 

 bulletin covering the main points of dewberry culture as fully as pos- 

 sible for the benefit of these people. Primarily, this bulletin is not 

 intended for those who have been in the business for a number of 

 years. 



GENERAL DISCUSSION. 



The dewberry is becoming an important crop in this State, It is 

 being grown extensively in four or five different sections and on land 

 which in most instances is not suited to many other crops. The 

 profits realized have on the average been very good. In several sec- 

 tions this crop is bringing thousands of dollars into the community 

 where formerly there was no horticultural industry. A plantation, 



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