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Show r w The Dewberry. By H. P. Barrows, A. C. U. One of the most recent of our native American wild1 friends to be brought under cultivation is the dew-ibcrry. dew-ibcrry. In some sections of Utah, his fruit is becoming popular, while jin other parts of the State it docs not receive the attention it deserves. v We cannot expect it to take the place of our old stand-by, the blackberry, black-berry, if it has not some superior points of merit. The dewberry is especially adapted to light,, sandy soils, and usually is earlier than the blackberry, and continues bearing for a longer season. The fruit is larger and finer looking; though it is claimed claim-ed by some, the flavor is not so rich as the blackberry. It docs not bear its fruit in such great profusion as the blackberry, and1 on account of its trailing habit and sharp prickles it is harder to handle. Much of the difficulty in picking the fruit, however, is the result of mismanagement. Usually a great deal of the old wood is left and the .bearing canes sprawl all over this heap of bramhlc and the ground. All of the old wood should be cut out after the crop is' off, and the young growth cut out to four or five canes to a hill. If there is danger of winter killing this young growth it may be left on the ground where it is easily covered for the winter. In the spring each cane is tied to a Jxcllis, a pole or some contrivance to. 'keep the bushes and' berries off the ground. A horizontal frame made to stand a foot from the ground on which the canes arc spread, has given good satisfaction, but takes a lot of room. No pruning is ncccs- sary until fall again when the canes I which have borne should be cut away, I as the crop for next year will be on j the new growth. The tips of. the ! canes will start root readily in the ground, and arc the best source for new plants. ! The two leading varieties arc the j Lircrctia and Bartcl. Some times jj there is difficulty in getting the fruit to set, this may be overcome by planting both varieties, thus insuring a fertilization of the flowers. On the Pacific Coast the Loganbcrry, which is closely related to the dew berry, is very popular, but fromi all reports is not a good shipper, and is therefore not worthy of extensive planting. |