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concludes that under their conditions at that time, a 

 yield of 200 bushels an acre gave a net profit of nearly 

 $250 an acre, while 100 bushels an acre would give about 

 $80 profit, and fifty bushels to the acre little or no profit 

 at all. 



Instances are common of admirable yields during a 

 single season. One grower in a small town in central 

 New York sold $500 worth of fruit from half an acre in a 

 recent year. It should be firmly fixed in mind that all 

 such results are exceptional, and no one should use them 

 as a basis for average profits. 



It may safely be said, however, that with a good market, 

 good management, intelligence and skill, both in growing 

 and marketing the fruit, a profit of $100 an acre can be 

 expected with a fair degree of certainty under conditions 

 of soil and climate which will warrant the growing of 

 blackberries as a commercial venture. 



THE EVERGREEN BLACKBERRIES 



Mention should be made of the evergreen type of black- 

 berries grown in some localities on the Pacific coast. These 

 are so different in habit that the methods of treatment 

 demanded have little in common. The leaves of the 

 plant are much divided, which accounts for the name 

 cut-leaved blackberry, which is often applied to it. The 

 thorns are numerous, strong and recurved, making it a 

 troublesome plant to handle. The chief difference be- 

 tween this species and the common blackberries lies in its 

 long trailing habit of growth and in the fact that the canes 

 live from year to year. These canes grow upright for a 



