bush fruit production 



Soils and Fertilizers for Dewberries 



Almost any ordinary garden soil will grow 

 dewberries. Excessively fertile soils may lead 

 to an over-vegetative condition and render the 

 plants more than ordinarily susceptible to win- 

 ter injury. The deep root system makes it 

 possible for the dewberry to tap the lower re- 

 serves of soil moisture and it may be grown 

 on sandy land with a moisture retaining sub- 

 soil if the plants are fertilized generously. 



Good growth is essential to heavy produc- 

 tion and soils which are not fertile require cor- 

 respondingly heavy fertilization for best re- 

 sults. There is nothing which will quite re- 

 place stable manure on such soils, but when it 

 is not available a good complete fertilizer may 

 be used to advantage. The amount will vary 

 with the natural fertility of the soil and should 

 be increased until a clean vigorous growth is 

 secured. 



On very poor soils it is customary to make 

 two applications of fertilizer in the course of 

 the season. The first is applied in early spring 

 and the second immediately after harvest to 

 encourage a strong growth of new canes for 

 the next crop. In some of the southern dew- 

 berry sections the whole plant is cut off near 

 the ground as soon as the harvest season is 

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