CHAPTER XXI 
SMALL FRUITS 
Small fruits need a deep, rich, strong, loamy soil, 
which should be prepared as for garden crops and kept 
well cultivated all summer. In autumn, mulch the land 
with barnyard manure and spade the fine material into 
the soil in the spring. Low vegetables, such as lettuce 
and radishes, may be grown between the rows the first 
summer. 
BLACKBERRIES 
Set the plants two feet apart in rows that are. six 
feet apart. Cultivate until midsummer each year. Re 
move all new shoots not needed to fill out the row. Take 
out all old wood late in the fall or before growth begins 
in the spring. Cut off the ends of canes so that they 
will be four or five feet high. 
Blackberries may be given a mulch of coarse manure, 
leaf mold, or straw between the rows in the fall. If much 
material remains in the spring, rake off the coarsest. 
New plants may be obtained by transplanting the 
suckers that come up from the roots. Blackberries will 
grow in partly shaded spots. 
Diseases. If orange rust makes its appearance, cut 
out the infected eanes and burn them. 
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