64 THE DWARF JUNEBERRY. 



form is quite abundant and occasionally very productive. It is the 

 selected kinds of it that are cultivated for fruit. It generally 

 grows from four to six feet high ; is covered with a profusion of 

 white flowers early in the spring, and ripens its fruit in July with 

 the raspberries. The berry is of a purplish red color, often nearly 

 one-half inch in diameter. Figure 44 shows its size and form. 

 Like the blueberries, the quality of the fruit is sweet though rather 

 tame, but by the addition of a little lemon juice it makes an excel- 

 lent pie or sauce. It is readily cultivated and yields regular and 

 abundant crops. However, when grown in a small way the fruit 

 must be protected from the bird s or they will take it as fast as it 

 ripens. Mosquito netting, or the coarse wire netting such as is 

 used for chicken yards is useful for this purpose. When grown 

 on a large scale the depredation of the birds is not so apparent. 

 The plants are extremely hardy, seldom if ever being injured by 

 our most severe winters, and are healthy and free from insect 

 pests. On account of its many good qualities it should find a place 

 in the home garden, and it could often be cultivated for the near 

 market at a profit. 



FIG. 4b.Full size flowers of Dwarf Ju-neberry. 



Propagation and Cultivation. The plants are readily in- 

 creased from suckers, which are produced rather sparingly around 

 the old plants. These should be set out at about four foot intervals 

 in rows five feet apart, on rich upland. They commence to bear in 

 two years, but will not produce a full crop until the fourth year. 



