214 Small Fruits 



Tender varieties of blackberries may be bent down 

 along the row and covered with an earthen blanket 

 for winter protection in severe climates. If a 

 little soil is removed from one side of the roots, 

 canes will bend down easier; if necessary they can 

 be held in place with wooden pegs. 



Blackberry bushes that are infected with red-rust 

 should be dug out and burned. This is the only 

 way to treat this dangerous fungous disease. 



Blackberries, red raspberries, and currants may 

 be set in the fall and a shovelful of manure banked 

 around each plant to protect them from the cold. 

 If manure cannot be procured, the soil may be 

 banked up around the plants when set, and then 

 levelled off in the spring. Manure is far more heat- 

 ing than plain earth, however, and is well worth the 

 trouble of procuring. 



Too much hot sun causes blackberries, which have 

 been picked, to turn a very undesirable reddish 

 shade. They should be put in the shade as soon 

 as possible after picking and kept cool. 



There are one hundred and forty different 

 varieties of blackberries recognized now. They are 

 divided into three classes: the hardy, the half 

 hardy, and the tender. The hardy varieties should 



