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dewberries comes to be better understood. In parts 

 of the West, the Windom has been found to give 

 better results in shady locations, the finest berries 

 being found even in dense shade. Because of its 

 habit of growing on dry, sandy ground, location to 

 avoid drought may not be so important as with the 

 blackberry, but any location, like a cool northern ex- 

 posure, which will tend to mitigate the hot, scorching 

 sun, will undoubtedly prove beneficial. 



FERTILIZERS 



Thus far the necessity for fertilizers has hardly 

 been made apparent, and it is doubtful whether at 

 the time of planting they are ever advisable. Still, if 

 plants are as productive as they should be, a judicious 

 application of fertilizers, after they have borne two or 

 three crops of fruit, can hardly fail to be of advan- 

 tage. This will be especially true, of course, if they 

 are growing on light, poor soil. Probably the same 

 materials will be found satisfactory for them as for 

 other members of the genus. The kind used, and the 

 proportion of the different fertilizing elements needed, 

 as in all cases, can best be determined by individual 

 experiment. Suffice it to say that a large amount of 

 nitrogen is not likely to be required. 



PROPAGATION 



As before stated, the dewberry propagates naturally 

 from tips, like the black raspberry. If it is desirable 

 to propagate them to any extent, attention must be 



