Show GIVE blackberry GOOD CARE provide winter protection before ground la Is frozen canes should be sent bent over prepared by the united states department of agriculture before the ground Is frozen solid but after all danger of warm weather AW 04 4 4 et bush fruit growing between rows of trees in newly set orchard Is past winter protection for the blackberries should be provided where it Is necessary to bring them through the cold season the hardy varieties ot of blackberries will withstand temperatures of minus millus 80 degrees F P provided water does not stand in the soil about the roots and there Is no danger from severe drying winds many varieties are arc hardy enough to survive 40 degrees ie without injury in jury in I 1 11 localities where there Is real danger from froin cold drying doing winds as in the central western states or from too severe winter temperatures the canes are bent over in the fall and a layer of earth liay ilay straw or coarse manure Is thrown over them this should be done before tile the ground Is frozen yet after all danger of warm weather is past few clines will break it if they tire are bent over while tile the aap iap still circulates sometimes the soil Is drawn away from one side by means of a hoa I 1 or plow and tile the plants inclined to eliat tha t side before being covered the canes etnes will lie in a more nearly horizontal position with less danger of being broken when this Is done although the roots may be somewhat injured when the earth Is S rqn removed oved the plants are uncovered in the alie spring af after ter all danger of so severe VL re weather Is past |