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the other hills in the row, and holds them to a stake, 

 while a boy ties them tightly. This can be done as 

 rapidly as tying red raspberries. I think my patch was 

 the first managed on this plan. We have tried the 

 windrow system, but like staking the plants better." 



If the old canes are cut away as soon as through 

 fruiting, the young ones can then be tied to the stake 

 until winter, and cultivation go on unimpeded. This 

 may favor a better development and maturity of the 

 canes than when they are allowed to run on the ground. 



HARVESTING AND MARKETING 



Whatever applies to the harvesting and marketing 

 of blackberries will apply equally well to dewberries, 

 except that, coming in earlier, they have the market 

 more nearly to themselves. The vines are viciously 

 thorny, and the fruit apt to be so concealed within 

 them as to render the picking difficult and painful. 

 Training the plants to a stake or trellis will in part 

 obviate this difficulty. 



The fruit carries well, and can be put into market in 

 good condition. Like many of the blackberries, though 

 perhaps in a more marked degree, it has the habit of 

 turning black before it is ripe. If picked then it is 

 sour and undesirable, so that for home market it should 

 be allowed to get thoroughly ripe before being gathered. 



DURATION OF PLANTATIONS 



Dewberries persist well in the soil, — in fact, too 

 well, for after they have served their purpose, and it 



