. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . stony or rocky land are all good for dewberries, and no fertilizerswould be required, unless the crop is to be pushed, or of superior quality,which fertilizers always accomplish with any product. Blackberries. 149 PLANTING. Plant the roots two feet apart in the rows, and the rows three feetapart, toadmit of horse cultivation, which dewberries appreciate like other crops. For picking and packing dewberries, see strawberries. There is animproved kind of dewberry called the Austin, which is considerably
. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . stony or rocky land are all good for dewberries, and no fertilizerswould be required, unless the crop is to be pushed, or of superior quality,which fertilizers always accomplish with any product. Blackberries. 149 PLANTING. Plant the roots two feet apart in the rows, and the rows three feetapart, toadmit of horse cultivation, which dewberries appreciate like other crops. For picking and packing dewberries, see strawberries. There is animproved kind of dewberry called the Austin, which is considerably plantedin the South, but we consider the native, when selected, as good as anydewberry. BLACKBEERIES. Blackberries, on account of their healthy and curative qualities, are avery favorite berry with many, and blackberry culture can be made profit-able anywhere in the South. Blackberries thrive on almost any soil, but the most desirable is a strongloam, retentive of moisture, tending toward clay rather than sand, butsoil must be well drained at all times. Fertilizers containing a good pro-. portion of potash are the most desirable; too much humus or nitrogen willinduce a rank growth of wood at the expense of the fruit. The rows should be four to six feet apart and the plants from three 150 Pecans; Planting for Profit. to four feet in the row, according to the character of the soil. If desiredto cultivate both ways, set the plants in checks six to seven feet each soon as the fruiting season is past remove the old canes; these shouldbe burned at once. The young canes should be clipped off when they reachthe height of about two feet; this will cause them to branch and they willbecome self-supporting. Apply fertilizer during the late winter and giveshallow and constant cultivation. The most favorite cultivated varieties are the Wilsons Early, Agawam,Mersereau and Erie. Blackberries when ripe are exceedingly soft and tender, and can onlybe shipped with the greates
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