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Mr. Wetmorc : My ground is very rich naturally, and when I put out my 

 strawberries I put under four inches a heavy coat of old manure. 



Mr. Buck: It pays to keep strawberries clean, but it is a mistake to suppose 

 they will not bear at all unless kept scrupulously clean. 



Mr. Wetmore : Some Wilson's I put out 26 years ago still bear though the 

 berries are likely to be small. 



Mr. Sweezy : I have strawberries growing in grass, having not much care if 

 any, bearing nice large berries. I think they are better for having a little shade. 



Mr. Manwaring: They will be as large but not of as good quality. 



Mr. Buck: Except the raspoerryl tind no fruit which does as well in shade as 

 in sunshine. Eight or ten years ago I was much astonished at seeing in a neigh- 

 bor's yard cultivated raspberries. 1 began getting a few and soon had several 

 hundred purple-canes and black-caps and have sold from five rods of land to pur- 

 l)le-canes, 85 worth per year. I now have Davison's Thornless, an early, sweet 

 variety having no briers; the Philadelphia is a great yielder but the fruit is of 

 poor quality; the Clark, red, of no consequence, the fruit being soft and the 

 yield small, not fit for shipping ; the purple-cane having similar characteristics 

 but very hardy ; the Miami, black, sweet, and very large; the Gregg, a fine 

 black-cap, of which Purdy says his pickers get in the same time two quarts to 

 one of any other sort, some berries measuring from three-quarters to an inch 

 across at the base when ripe: the Cuthbert, which Eoe says is most prolific of 

 the reds; the Lost Kubies or Naomi, one of the best reds; and the Turner, red 

 and hardy. It is the duty I believe of every farmer to have a supply of the 

 delicious and healthful small fruits. If you will not cultivate them as you 

 should, put them off in fence corners or other waste places; but by all means 

 have them. I do not counsel neglect, but the berry vines and canes will grow 

 even if neglected. I tie black-caps to stakes. I set in the spring and grow 

 from one to six canes one to two feet long, then nip off the ends and they throw 

 out side shoots. New plants of the black-cap are obtained by rooting tips and 

 of the others by digging suckers. I nip off the new canes of each year at 

 twenty inches. Drive stakes in April, and after the old canes are cut out tie 

 up as near to the top as possible. On strong soil canes nip})ed back in this way 

 will grow so stout as to need no stakes. If tied in the fall the twine is likely 

 to rot by spring and let the canes down at lime of fruiting. I cover the 

 tips of all good canes in the fall and they take root and brace the cane against 

 winter storms. The blackberry succeeds the raspberry and goes on through 

 the season by using different varieties. They are easily raised and profitable. 

 One year, from a row ten rods long, I sold 8t5 worth and had enough besides 

 for family use. I have picked from Kittatinny as late as November. The free 

 use of these berries is highly conducive to health, and they aff'ord most delicious 

 fare. If you haven't them and won't raise them swap off a half barrel of pork 

 and buy. The berries take better than the pork and will make you feel better 



Mr. Wetmore: The first raspberries I i)hinted were wild ones taken from 

 the woods. I put out several rows, laying logs from ten inches to two feet thick 

 along each side of the rows, and for years, without further attention, I had 

 an abundance of fruit. Some are there yet, and otlier than those in their prime 

 I have never seen berries larger nor of belter quality. 



Mr. Manwaring: There are two systems of raspberry culture, one with 

 nipped canes and one with long ones. Both have merits, but for the farmer the 

 latter is the cheaper way. Tie up the canes in the lall to low stakes and let them 

 bend over, trimming off the long ends. 



Mr. T. Smith : Three years ago I got several hundrcii raspberry plants and 



