FRUITS 



well-drained soil. They may be set out in 

 the Fall, and should be planted about four 

 feet apart in rows that are five feet apart. 

 In the Spring, a good top dressing of stable 

 manure should be dug around the bushes, 

 which should be kept free from weeds, and 

 in dry weather, until they cease bearing, the 

 ground around them should be kept loose 

 by frequent stirring with a rake or hoe. 

 The plants must be trimmed when they 

 cease bearing, and as a cane bears only one 

 crop, the old ones must be cut out; not 

 more than six canes should be allowed to 

 a plant, and if others form they should be 

 cut down. The canes should not be allowed 

 to grow higher than four feet, unless they 

 are to be kept well staked. Where the 

 Winters are very severe, blackberries are 

 either bent down and covered with earth or 

 tied to stakes and wrapped in straw. 



Among the best varieties of blackberries 

 are Agawam and Erie, early, and Lawton 

 and Kittatinny, late. 



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