Small Fruits tor Colorado. 
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Dewberries. 
The station frequently receives inquiries about the cultivation 
of the dewberry and a brief account of its culture will be given. 
Dewberries are native to the moist woods and moist climate 
and do not do well on the open plains. In the high mountain val¬ 
leys and with moist subsoil, the culture of the dewberry may prove 
a success. Western slope has a number of mountain valleys where 
the dewberry should prove a success and where at the present time 
a few commercially successful plantations are found. Yet we would 
not advise anyone to go into the business on a commercial scale 
without preliminary testing of varieties and their adaptability to 
local conditions. The land for dewberries is prepared in the same 
manner as for red raspberries. The plants should be set in hills 
five by five or six by six. One and two-year-old plants should be 
set. Plants should either be obtained from a known field or from 
A profitable dewberry field on the western slope. 
reputable plant dealer or nursery. The dewberry has been under 
cultivation for a relatively short time, and it may be said that re¬ 
liable varieties have not as yet been developed. Further, the fruit¬ 
ing capacity of the existing varieties varies greatly within the in¬ 
dividual variety, making the plantation an uncertainty unless the 
prospective grower has an opportunity to get his supply of plants 
from bearing hills. On these accounts, the growing of dewberries 
