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they are quickly and easily picked. The illustration 
given herewith shows four rows on the right, one 
year set, and the ones on the left two years old and 
put up on trellis as described above. 
I sold youngberries during the summer of 1934 
to grocers for $3.00 per crate of 24 quarts. All who 
have used my youngberries during the past two 
years are strong in their praise of them as a can¬ 
ning berry, making the very richest juice and jelly. 
Some perfer them to eat raw with sugar and cream 
to any other berry. 
Now as to their cultural needs to make them a 
profitable proposition for the commercial grower. 
I feel sure that up to the present time there has 
not yet been worked out any one best method of 
handling them, but here is my method that has 
brought comparatively satisfactory results. After 
the vines have been put upon the trellis and culti¬ 
vation well under way, I found the 5-shovel culti¬ 
vator and the grape hoe a great help and a labor 
saver, enabling me to get the work done on time. 
Along aboutthe time they began to bloom, I cutback 
the new growth that springs up from the ground to 
8 or 12 inches, the object being to induce the plant 
to throw out more canes, rather than to have a few 
very long ones. Then, too, having more canes closer 
to the ground leaves more bearing wood to choose 
from the following spring, as well as acting as a 
crop insurance from winter killing of canes during 
the extreme cold months. Two prunings back may 
be even better than one, unless we have pruned 
back to the ground after fruiting, in which case the 
above does not apply. The application of 100 lbs. 
per acre of 16 percent acid phosphate in the fall 
scattered along the rows, also the application of 100 
lbs. per acre of Ammonium Sulphate in the spring, 
will be a great help in producing quality berries 
that are solid and handle well. 
The juice of the youngberry is so rich and of such 
good quality that after youngberries are grown 
in sufficient quantities a juice factory for the handl- 
