Bush-fruits; a horticultural monograph of raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, and other shrub-like fruits . difficulty. A crop may easily be re-duced one-half by drying up on the bushes and, whilecultivation cannot entirely prevent this loss, it will domuch toward it. Thorough cultivation every ten daysthroughout the season is the best known substitutefor irrigation, and should be vigorously maintainedup to the time the fruit ripens, at least. A cultivator which will cut the suckers below thesurface of the ground is a great aid, unless plants areto be grown for sale
Bush-fruits; a horticultural monograph of raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, and other shrub-like fruits . difficulty. A crop may easily be re-duced one-half by drying up on the bushes and, whilecultivation cannot entirely prevent this loss, it will domuch toward it. Thorough cultivation every ten daysthroughout the season is the best known substitutefor irrigation, and should be vigorously maintainedup to the time the fruit ripens, at least. A cultivator which will cut the suckers below thesurface of the ground is a great aid, unless plants areto be grown for sale or for further planting. Twosuch implements are described in the introductorychapter. A spring-tooth cultivator, drawn by either 116 BUSH-FRUITS one or two horses (Fig. 24), is a most useful tool forblackberry plantations. Mulching proves very satisfactory where the con-ditions are favorable. It is especially adapted to thehome garden, where patches are likely to be smalland inconveniently cultivated. There is sometimes atendency to induce too late fall growth, and in thisrespect it is inferior to cultivation, for a cessation of. Fig. 24. Tilling blackberries with spring-tooth cultivator. tillage practically removes the soil-mulch, at least ifrains follow soon to pack the surface. Mention should again be made of the good resultsobtained by the system of mulching adopted by Thayer, of Sparta, Wis. This consists in growingclover, in a field by itself, which is cut when in bloomand applied along the rows, the central space beingkept thoroughly cultivated. Of course this is but oneof the factors which have contributed to the successattained on the farm mentioned, but the method as awhole has led to some phenomenal j-ields. SUMMEB PRUNING 117 PRUNING Pruning the blackberry is a very simple operation,if done at the proper time; but if neglected at thetime when it should be done the results can never besatisfactory. The only summer pruning required isto pinch the growing cane onc
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