Show IS SERIOUS DISEASE the arri agricultural cultural experiment st fitton of the north C carolina iroll nu state sate college has just issued bulletin leti no A an of Dewber rles and its control t arol which gives uie the results of several e r a 1 years of investigation with this his disease which has seriously affected d dewberry e w berry owing growing el in north korth carolina the bulletin Is published as the result of f N i or arh lone done by prof F A wolf for fop rf nf the experiment station stait staff and B 0 dodge of the united stat states eq department of agriculture the authors state that Is the most serious disease affecting the dewberry crop and Is due to a which spreads more easily and rapidly in rainy weather the girdles the canes causing them to die and causes the berries to become scabby or brown dry and add woody after several seasons of continuous work to lo fighting the disease doctor wolf found that the best beat way to control it was to remove thoroughly ehly arid destroy all growth immediately after harvest and to spray the new growth there are three critical times when the applications should be made says the bulletin the first Is during august when the new growth is about one toot foot high the second as soon as possible after the canes have been tied up to in the spring and the third as soon as the petals have fallen Eor Bor deany mixture 4 4 50 30 Is recommended as probably the best spray material to use it Is pointed out also that new dew plantings should not be infected by using old cane stubs which have been attacked by the disease the bulletin gives the latest fertilizer recommendations for growing dewberries dew berries and outlines successful methods used by some of the leading growers of the section in combating diseases and in 12 raising good crops |