Show I SMALL FRUITS NEED WINTER PROTECTION Should Be Bent to Ground and Covered With Earth Pick Earth Pick Warm Day for Working By E. E F F. Colorado Agricultural al College Fort Collins Colo Cob In a climate such as ours there is n ah always os more or less of raspberries blackberries Logan bernez berries berries ber ber- ries nez and blackcaps so in order to Insure Insure In In- sure a crop for the fOll following wing year ItIs it itIs itis Is almost alwa always os necessary to protect the bushes in Ia some way from the cold and drying dring winds Sometimes the practice practice tice of merely tying the bushes bushe with strong string and bending them over is enough to protect them but this method often falls fails The cheapest and best way is to cover cover them with soil I to the depth of three to four inches I This should be done as late Inte as possible possible possible pos pos- sible but before the ground i is frozen Some time before belore the bushes are to tobe tobe tobe be covered the old canes should be cut leaving a f lew more canes than thun are needed for tor the th-e next years year's crop The extra canes are arc to be used in incase incase incase case any should be broken during the covering l process All the old canes should be burned Immediately to get rid of the different diseases that they may have on them The covering should take place on ona ona ona a rather warm day as as' as the canes cunes will bend easier and are ure less apt to break With bushes that have strong and brittle stems it is often necessary to remove a of ot soil from tIle the side of ot the bush toward wl which ch tho the canes arc are to be bent Use se only enough soil soli to cover the canes cones thoroughly Straw can cun be used In place of ot the dirt but Lt It affords a good home for mice and they are apt to destroy tho the canes by bye eating th the bark a |