THE DEWBERRIES 



In the South, where the growing season is 

 long, it is customary to cut off all canes, young 

 and old, close to the crowns, immediately after 

 harvest. There still is time for the produc- 

 tion before winter of strong new canes to bear 

 the next crop. 



Protection Over Winter 



Where snow can be depended upon to cover 

 the canes throughout the winter, no protective 

 measures are necessary. But in many of the 

 northern and midwestern states the ground is 

 too often bare when the weather is severe. In 

 such situations some form of winter covering 

 is worth while to prevent excessive killing of 

 canes. 



A common form of protection is to cover 

 the canes with two or three inches of earth. 

 This may be done with a plow or, in smaller 

 plantations, with a shovel. Canes should be 

 covered just before the first hard freezes. In 

 spring it is well not to remove the earth too 

 early, for canes so protected over winter are 

 rather more tender than others when exposed 

 to the sharp winds of early spring. 



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