94 MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY 



" Fay is the first to ripen, Versailles next, and 

 Filler last. I begin picking the last week of June 

 or the first of July in quarts, paying ij4 to ij/^ 

 cents a quart. Fruit is shipped in 32-quart crates 

 to New York, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, and 

 Bufifalo, and sold on commission. Last season I 

 received an average of about 7 cents a quart. I 

 don't sow any cover crop. Number one bushes are 

 best for planting. These I raise myself. The cur- 

 rant bushes are planted between my grape vines." 



THE DEWBERRY 



The dewberry dififers from the blackberry mainly 

 in its trailing habit. The fruit is usually earlier 

 than the blackberries, and thus prolongs the black- 

 berry season. Dewberries are generally tied to 

 stakes or trellises so as to facilitate cultivation. In 

 the fall, the cords are cut and the canes allowed to 

 lie on the ground during the winter. Management 

 is otherwise the same as for blackberries and rasp- 

 berries. The Lucretia is the leading variety. (See 

 Raspberry.) 



" In planting and cultivating the dewberry," says 

 S. H. Strange of Cumberland county. North Caro- 

 lina, " the land should not be too stiff. We prefer 

 a rather sandy land, though not too poor. The land 

 should be well plowed and harrowed. Mark off 

 the rows 4 by 8 feet, making the furrows about 4 

 inches deep. We prefer to set the roots in March. 

 Put the plant in the checks and cover about 2 

 inches deep and apply 300 pounds fertilizer to the 

 acre, or stable manure, if you have it, at the rate 

 of a shovelful to the hill. This will give you vine 

 or cane enough. Cultivate as level as possible and 

 keep clean all the summer. The posts and wire 



