Show DEWBERRY GROWING ruit seems to thrive better in higher highee altitudes new industry adapted to where maximum to temperature reaches 95 degrees in shade no trick in irrigating beds the cultivation of oe tuo the dewberry dew borry Is a naw industry and well tid apted to localities cali ties where tho maximum temperature often roaches reaches tho the maximum of 95 degrees in ili the shade lu in ltd its wild plate tho dewberry la Is round found growing on coin comparatively pa rit ti vely light sandy soil and it if this Is it would suggest that the sandy inosa solla soils are the best to its ita culture yot yet like our fruit trees it Is grown oil almost any kind ul of soil boll considered front from the standpoint of both easo ease of culture and adaptability however sandy solla soils free from rock or gravel tiro aru best nd adapted apted to dewberry growing MOW ilig since tho the plants be covered for the winter and as they aro are generally covered covo iod with the soil aall about them uny any consider considerable ablo ail amount lount ol of gravel or cock la is undesirable the dewberry dow borry may inay be propagated by layering the tips alpa or from root cut tinge in tact fact the plants tiro are so ao easily cecur secured ed that one way may generally get from his neighbors plantation diore easily than front from a nurseryman if plants are required reou lied by tile the wholesale a good plan la Is to plow it furrow along the row place the tips of the runners in ili this and turn a light furrow back them the tips must bo be actually covered this work should bo be done before the opening of tho the picking season in most altitudes mid and the plants will bo be ready for next springs setting betting deep cultivation that thai will disturb or break largo roots will cause many now new plants to start it an old bod bed la is to bo be discarded a good crop of plants may bo be secured by thoroughly plowing and working down the 0 bed ed in it the spring allowing tile tho young plants to spring up tip from tho the broken roots tile following summer root cuttings from roots the size of a lead pencil may be taken in the tall fall stored in moist sand over winter and planted out in nursery rows tho iol following lowing spring it these root cut tings tinge are well cared for during the winter and planted throe three inches deep in a good soil kept well moistened a fair per cent will produce plants root cuttings taken in tile the spring and planted in ili the same way will also give fair results the dewberry doon doen not sucker as freely as the blackberry neither does it root as readily from root cuttings M W an irrigated section the first step in the preparation of land for any crop Is proper leveling low spots where water settles or high spots difficult to irrigate materially exit cut down the dewberry yield dest best stands are secured when tho the ground liaa has been deeply plowed well wed worked down ind thild pulverized no doubt fall preparation Is ad advisable viRble for spring setting many experienced growers seem to be of the opinion that fall setting would prove as satisfactory and would bring quicker re turna turris planting in tile fall should be done in ili early Step tein her ber and spring planting as soon its as the ground can be worked when planted in the young orchard the distance can call be made such ns as to best utilize the space there Is no particular objection to planting dewberries dew berries in the young orchard but the grower la Is to be cautioned about crowding the trees and advised that in most cases it la is not a crop tor for the old orchard liard the cultivation of the dewberry patch should not be unlike that for any other bush fruit fru it it should be well cultivated cultivate d in the early part of the season to keep down the weeds and conserve the raol moisture sture cultivation stopa at the opening of the picking season and Is resu resumed nied again at its close continuing until the end of the grov growing ing season since deep cul tiva tion aloa which disturbs or breaks the roots tends to start objectionable plants in the middles the early lations and possibly the later ones should be rather sli shallow allow if the plants are allowed to run for the purpose of being trained on oil a trellis cultivation must be in one direction when chocked equal distance each way the general plan Is to keep the middles iddles nl open only one way while it may be possible to overgrow the plants by continual cultivation it is better to counteract this by withholding water rather than by discontinuing cultivation good cultivation cultivate Is no doubt conducive to vigorous but not necessarily to rampant growth there are really leilly no tricks in irrl gatine dewberries dew dow berries the ground should be kept moist and in good condition during the early eaily part of the growing season the young plants will stand a good deal of water the first season during the picking season season it Is the common practice to water after each picking just a light surface catering this supplies the roots loots with the needed moisture to swell tho the berries to goodsite good size and by T keeping the surface of the ground moist the berries ripen better there Is less loss from the drying of the fruit it would be a good plan no doubt to try to induce early maturity of tho the canes by withholding water atar after the close of the picking season in localities where the winter snowfall Is not great the dewberry patch should be ba given a late fall irrigation |