THE BLACKBERRY 



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to fifteen cents, according to season and condition of 

 fruit. The yield will vary from 1000 to 5000 quarts 

 per acre. 



THE DEWBERRY (Rubus Canadensis) 



This species of 

 blackberry is found 

 growing wild from 

 N e w f oundland to 

 Virginia and west 

 to the Kocky moun- 

 tains, and possesses 

 many desirable 

 qualities, but its 

 habit of running on 

 the ground and its 

 liability to winter- 

 kill in cultivated 

 land have prevented 

 its cultivation as a 

 commercial crop. 

 By giving proper 

 treatment, however, 

 it has been found 

 to produce paying 

 crops in some cases. 

 If the canes are 

 covered during the 

 winter with a little 

 coarse hay or straw 

 and this material is 

 then put under 

 them in the summer, conditions are produced that 

 will result in a large crop of fruit, and as it ripens 

 one or two weeks earlier than the high blackberry it 

 brings a good price. Some growers of this fruit 



Fig. 73-Lucretia Uewben 



