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directl}^ on the ground, and which have been trained 

 along the row in cultivating, are in the most con- 

 venient position possible for being covered with soil 

 or mulch. In parts of the country where all kinds 

 must be protected to give profitable results, this is 

 really a point in favor of the dewberry which is well 

 worth considering. 



YIELD OF DEWBERRIES 



The yield to be expected is one of the moot points 

 in dewberry culture. There is the greatest possible 

 diversity in reports, some growers finding it highly 

 satisfactory in this respect, while others are disgusted 

 with it. Of thirty -eight growers who have grown 

 dewberries, and who replied to the question, "Have you 

 grown dewberries, and, if so, with what success?" 

 twenty -three report good or fair success and fifteen 

 poor success. Much of this diversity of opinion, and 

 much of the failure to secure good results is, without 

 doubt, due to the mixed and inferioi- character of many 

 of the plants which have been sold. Even where they 

 succeed, however, they have not been grown very ex- 

 tensively, as a rule, and any reliable estimate of an 

 average yield can hardly be formed. 



PROBABLE PROFITS 



With the question of yield so much in doubt, the 

 question of profit must also be unsettled. It may be 

 said, however, that those who succeed in obtaining a 

 good yield nearly always find them profitable, owing to 

 their season of ripening and consequent high price. 



