. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. Fig. 186.—The Rathburn blackberry is a standard old variety which is still quite popular. (2) The short-clustered blackberries are borne on smaller andweaker plants, with greenish canes, less thorny than the clusters of berries are short and leafless. The berries are 260 BUSH FRUITS IN THE HOME GARDEN globose, a few in a cluster. The lobes of the berries are irregularl
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. Fig. 186.—The Rathburn blackberry is a standard old variety which is still quite popular. (2) The short-clustered blackberries are borne on smaller andweaker plants, with greenish canes, less thorny than the clusters of berries are short and leafless. The berries are 260 BUSH FRUITS IN THE HOME GARDEN globose, a few in a cluster. The lobes of the berries are irregularly-set. Popular varieties of this group are Snyder, Lawton, Kitta-tinny, and Agawam. (3) The leafy-clustered blackberries have low, bushy plantsbearing short clusters with leaves mingled with the flowers orberries. Early Harvest is the best commercial representative ofthis Fig. 187.—A basket of Lucretia Dewberries that taste as good as they look. (). (4) The loose-clustered blackberries have low spreading caneswith broad notched leaves. The berry clusters are large and theberries round, glossy and juicy with the lobes loosely so-called Wilson varieties belong to this group (Fig. 187) (5) The sand blackberry is low and shrubby. The prickles arestout and are curved. The clusters bear from one to four roundishberries. This is not of commercial importance. PRUNING BLACKBERRIES 261 (6) The evergreen blackberries. The vines are clinging; theleaves are evergreen or nearly so. The berries are large, black,sweet, and ripen through a long period, sometimes lasting threemonths. The Oregon Evergreen is a common variety of thePacific coast. Planting most common plan of plantingblackberries is to prepare the ground well as for corn and then layout the rows about six to nine feet apart. Set the plants aboutthree to four feet apa
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