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Show CARE FOR THE BLACKBERRY Crop Is Profitable If Rust Does Not Attack Canes They Must Be Well Cultivated. Blackberries are profitable If rust does not attack tho canes. There seems to be no cure for rust. Set the plants 4 by 6 and give deep culture. Blackberries do best on a lightish and rather Bandy soil. They must be planted in rows and kept well cultivated. culti-vated. The pruning of the blackberry is different dif-ferent from that of most other small fruits. It you cut back the canes severely you are likely to remove a large portion of the season's crop. But you can thin out the shoots where they are numerous, and cut out the dead p hoots. |