Show bruit fruit seems to thrive better in higher altitudes new industry adapted to regions where maximum temperature reaches 95 degrees irl in shade no trick in irrigating beds the the cultivation of the dewberry is a new industry and well adapted to localities cali calit ties les where the maximum temperature often reaches the maximum of 95 degrees in the shade in its wild state stat e the dewberry is found growing on comparatively light sandy soil and if this is significant it would suggest that the sandy mesa soils are the best adapted to its culture yet like our fruit trees it is grown on almost any kind of soil considered from the standpoint of both ease of culture and adaptability however sandy soils free from rock or gravel are best adapted to dewberry growing since the plants must be covered for the winter and as they are generally covered with the soil about them any considerable amount of gravel or rock is undesirable the dewberry may be propagated py by layering the tips or from root cuttings in fact the plants are so easily secured that one may generally get them from his hia neighbors plantation more aas ly than from a nurseryman if plants are required by the wholesale a good plan is 3 to plow a furrow alon along 0 the row place the tips of the run runners ners in this and turn a light furrow back upon them the tips must be actually covered this work should be done before the opening of the picking season in most altitudes and the plants will be ready for next springs setting deep cultivation that will disturb or break large roots will cause many new plants to start if an old bed is to be discarded a good crop of plants may be secured by thoroughly plowing and working down the bed in the spring allowing the young plants to spring up from the broken roots tho cho following summer root cuttings from roots the size of a lead pencil may be taken in III the fall stored in moist sand over winter and planted out in nursery rows the following spring it if these root cut tings are well cared for during the winter and planted three inches deep in a good soil kept well moistened a fair per cent will produce plants root cuttings taken in the spring and planted in the same way will also give fair results the dewberry does not sucker as freely as the blackberry neither does it root as readily from root cuttings jn in an irrigated section the first firs t step in the preparation of land for any crop Is proper leveling low spots where water settles or high spots difficult to irrigate materially cut down the dewberry yield best stands are secured when the ground has been deeply plowed well worked down and pulverized no doubt fall preparation is advisable for spring setting many experienced growers seem to be of the opinion that fall fah setting would prove as satisfactory and would bring quicker returns planting in the fall should be done in early Step stephem tern ber and spring planting as soon as the ground can be worked when planted in the young orchard the di distance s can be made such as to best utilize the space there is no particular objection to planting dewberries dew berries in the young orchard but the grower Is to be cautioned about crowding the trees and advised that in most cases it is not a crop for the old orchard the cultivation of the dewberry patch should not be unlike that for any other bush fruit it should be well cultis cultivated aled in the early part of the season to keep down the weeds and conserve the moisture cultivation stops at the opening of the picking season and is resumed again at its close blose continuing until the end of the growing season since deep cultivation which disturbs di or breaks the KOO roots ts temis to start objectionable plants in the middles the er e and possibly the baji ones should be rather shallow it if the plants are allowed to run for the purpose of being trained on a trellis cultivation must be in one direction when checked equal distance each way the general plan is to keep the middles 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 is no doubt con ducile to vigorous but not n necessarily e c es sar I 1 ay to rampant growth there are really no tricks in irrl irrigating dewberries dew berries the ground should be kept moist and in good condition during the early part of the growing season the young plants will stand a good deal of water the first season during the picking season it is the common practice to water after each picking just a light surface watering this supplies the roots with the needed moisture to swell the berries to good size and by 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 the canes by withholding water after the close of the picking season in localities where the winter snowfall is not great the dewberry patch should be given a late fall irrigation 0 1 |