Dlscnssio7i on Raspberries. 75 



Mr. Ohmer — Cut the canes while young and tender with the fin- 

 gers, by pinching, or with a sharp knife. 



Col. Colrnan — Why could you not use a corn knife? 



Mr. Ohmer — It will not do, you can not get at them so well. It 

 will not hurt your back to pinch them off. With my plan you can 

 pinch almost as fast as you can walk. The canes are not all ready to 

 be cut off at the same time. 



Mr. Pierce, of Minnesota — My plan is to go along with a pruning 

 knife. In a few days I go over them again and so on for some 

 time. 



3Ir. Hale, of Connecticut — By pinching we can use both hands 

 and get along twice as fast. I want to endorse all of Mr. Ohmer's 

 paper except about cutting out old canes in the fall. We consider 

 them of great advantage. Two years ago we had quite a good crop 

 by the snow being held in by old canes. 



Mr. Ohmer — I never was troubled by canes breaking down, but 

 I think there is more wind in Connecticut. [Laughter]. 



Mr. Pierce, of Minnesota — I do not cut out old canes in the fall. 

 I have had some trouble with the red raspberry. I do not cut 

 them back at all. I did cut them back, but found that the fruit set 

 below the new growth and smothered out. I have doubled the crop 

 in quality and quantity by not trimming. 



Mr. Hopkins — We think black raspberries are injured more by 

 the hot sun than by the winters. 



Mr. Holsinger, of Kansas — Why do you take canes out at all ? 

 Last year I did not remove any. Our crop was as good as usual. 



Mr. Patterson, of Missouri — I am glad to have my slovenly way 

 indorsed. I have never removed old canes and I have had good 

 results. Anotlier point as to how deep we should plant. If I hill 

 up apple trees when I lay them by the latter part of July, I find 

 roots will be thrown out above the former level of the ground. 

 They make roots where they want them and I can't force them to 

 do otherwise. 



Mr. Gadwallader, of Kansas — I should be sorry for friends to go 

 home thinking that we have two or three feet of snow. But I rose 



