. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. RAisixc, i!'Ki!i; 1 were lo recommend any variety it would be the Ancient Ikiton, as i)referable in many respects to most of the otliers. It is a lardy plant, and being of medium growth makes it quite easy to ay it down in the fall, and the fruit, when properly ripened, is all thai could be desired in a blackberry. It is an abundant fruiter, and. as it is a little later than some of the other sorts, there is a good demand for them at a good price. Blackberries need plenty of
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1892. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. RAisixc, i!'Ki!i; 1 were lo recommend any variety it would be the Ancient Ikiton, as i)referable in many respects to most of the otliers. It is a lardy plant, and being of medium growth makes it quite easy to ay it down in the fall, and the fruit, when properly ripened, is all thai could be desired in a blackberry. It is an abundant fruiter, and. as it is a little later than some of the other sorts, there is a good demand for them at a good price. Blackberries need plenty of moisture, and it will not pay to plant them on the top of some dry knoll : for the fruit will not grow to perfection in such dry places, it will be hard and sour. Chose a place where the ground is of good quality and where there is plenty of moisture. Prepare the ground thoroughly by plowing and harrowing before planting, and make the ground mellow, down (juite deep, where you set the plants. You cannot be too particular in this respect—remember you are setting them out for profit and not simply to see whether they will grow or not. I think they should be set about four feet apart one way, and eight feet the other way. Keep the ground loose by constant cultivation, and the sooner you can get a good large buf^h, the sooner you will get fruit, and keeping the ground loose will help to keep it moist. When the bushes get quite well started) .say three years after they have been set), it will be some trouble to remove the old brush, this I do in the following manner : I take a hooked knife, with a handle attached which is about five feet long. The knife is made from a piece of old file welded to a hoe shank in such a way that the knife stands at right angles with the handle. With this kind of a tool I cut the brush out of an acre in eleven hours, and as I cut them I pull them out of the row with the knife, so I can gather them easily. I next hitch a horse to the side of one-half
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