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a limited number of canes should be allowed to grow 

 in the row or hill, and yet there should be enough to 

 cover the ground well during the months pf July and 

 August. The larger the canes the fewer there need be. 

 They should stand from six inches to one foot apart, 

 and all small canes be treated as weeds. 



Winter Protection — There is no variety of black- 

 berries tbat we find hardy under all conditions, and in 

 order to insure a crop every year, some means of 

 protection must be provided. This is not generally 



Fig. 72— Support for Blackberries and Raspberries 



practiced, however, except in the extreme North, and 

 in manv cases the cost will be more than the 2:ain. 

 The method of protection most in use is covering with 

 soil, as described under the raspberry. 



VARIETIES 



The number of varieties that are widely grown 

 are but few, and these do not succeed over a very 

 wide range, therefore the reader should consult his 

 own experiment station or some successful grower in 

 liis own vicinity as to what to plant, and plant only 

 those that are generally profitable. 



