SUMMER MEETING. 57 



A member says that he finds the blackberry roots affected, and 

 thinks it comes from the soil and not the air. 



Mr. Murray — Sonhegan was some years ago superseded by Hop- 

 kins, which was larger and better. Kansas is now becoming the leader 

 and superseding Hopkins. Snyder and Taylor are the best of the 

 blackberry kind. Erie not so good. Taylor is good and prolongs the 

 season. 



Raspberries bring more money than blackberries, but they both 

 pay about alike. I cut my raspberries back twice, at 2 to 3 feet high. 



Mr. Gilbert— Outs back at 2 feet, and grows only Hopkins ; thinks 

 it is the best. 



Mr. Chandler— Hears the Kansas spoken of very highly, but has 

 no knowledge about it himself. 



Mr. Gilbert — Sprayed some of his raspberries with Bordeaux mix- 

 ture, and does not find as much disease as elsewhere. 



Mr. Turner — Has sprayed all his young vines this year, but finds 

 all the old plantings so affected that he has grubbed out all the Hop- 

 kins. I believe that the subject of spraying will be thoroughly under- 

 stood and practically applied in a few years. 



Secretary Goodman here took up the subject of spraying and ex- 

 plained it in detail. 



There can be no question but that this subject of spraying is one 

 of the most important that can come before the fruit-grower at present. 



For all it has been used for the last ten years, more or less, yet the 

 fact remains that we do not know it all by any means; but from the 

 experiments carried on we can assert that it is to be a very important 

 •element in the success of the fruit-grower in the future. 



It is a fact that the spray-pump mast be one of the tools of the 

 horticulturist, just as much as the plow, harrow or hoe. 



We may be sure also that we are not to reach success through a 

 single year's work, a single spraying. 



This matter will have to be carried on just as systematically and 

 just as thoroughly as is the cultivation of our orchards. 



Spraying must be done every year, if there be a crop of fruit or 

 no. Those who have experimented most and have been most success- 

 ful in results are those who have followed it systematically and sprayed 

 every year for three or four years. In fact, one of the besi fruit- 

 growers in Western IS". Y. states that he had no very satisfactory re- 

 sults until the third year of thorough spraying. The great trouble 

 with this work is the length of time it takes to do it and the cost. 

 We want therefore better spray-pumps, those that will work more 



