Raleigh, March 1—The growing of dewberries is becoming a profitable industry in some sections of the Sandhills region, and it is believed that with the proper fertilization better crops can be secured. Tests in the control of dewberry anthracnose made by the North Carolina Experiment Station showed that if all the growth is removed and destroyed immediately after harvesting, and this followed by spraying the new growth at critical times, the disease may be satisfactorily checked.
Therefore, to get the best yields, Prof. C.B. Williams, head of the department of Agronomy at State College, recommends that as soon as the canes are tied up in the spring, an application of about 500 pounds per acre of a mixture containing 700 pounds of 16 percent acid phosphate, 700 pounds of 7 percent cottonseed meal and 600 pounds of 12 percent kainit be applied. A second application of fertilizer is made immediately after the fruit has been picked and the growth removed. This second application is designed to promote rapid growth of vigorous new canes for the following year’s crop. For this application, Prof. Williams recommends using about 500 pounds per acre of a mixture made up of 500 pounds of acid phosphate, 1,100 pounds of cottonseed meal, 100 pounds of sulphate of ammonia, and 300 pounds of kainit. This will promote the rapid growth desired.
This composite treatment of fertilizing, removing the growth and spraying will help to produce better crops, especially where the dewberry anthracnose is prevalent.
From page 4 of the Carolina Fruit and Truckers Journal, Chadbourn, N.C., March 15, 1926
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