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Hamilton. — If it does not hurt the wild berries, it will not hurt the 

 tame ones. 



Barnes of Kansas. — About the Austin. It was brought to my 

 mind last spring. It is a blackberry that comes about two weeks earl- 

 ier than the Early Harvest. But not always a good bearer. Some 

 think it is a cross between the Kittatiny and Early Harvest. A gen- 

 tleman sent me some claiming them to be very fine and that they were 

 two weeks earlier than the Early Harvest. But I cannot say what 

 they will do yet. He claimed 27 points for that berry. But as I said, 

 I can't say what it will do yet. 



Major Holsinger. — I have some plants growing that I believe are 

 going to be a very fine berry and I think will be a valuable one. The 

 varieties that do best with us now are the Early Harvest and Taylor. 

 The life of the Snyder is about 10 or 12 years. 



Dr. Green. — About the rust. I firmly believe that the rust is a 

 root disease. I once read that it was but did not believe it and so I 

 experimented, I pulled the diseased ones up, sprayed all thoroughly 

 with Bordeaux mixture and the others I kept cut off clean. Now I 

 found this spring that those vines came out rusty. Now I think I 

 know it to be a root disease and not a stem disease. The Early Har- 

 vest is the only one, except the Taylor that I ever made any money 

 out of. The Taylor is a good berry to bear. My Early Harvest came 

 through the winter splendidly, without any being killed and at the 

 same time, my Snyder was killed down to the ground. 



Mr. Evans. — The blackberry to take the place of the Snyder has 

 not yet been originated. The Taylor does not come out at the same 

 season. The Snyder, Taylor and Brittony run through a long season, 

 only one variety being picked at a time. We used to have the Early 

 Harvest, but the rust took them. Once when we weie plowing our 

 rusty plants up, a neighbor came and w^anted some plants of them. 

 Of course we let them have them. Now what I am going to say will 

 answer your remarks. This man took those plants home and planted 

 them. They are fine. He has never had a particle of rust on them 

 sice he planted them. He has made money out of them. 



Mr. Jacob Faith. — The gentleman is right, it is a root disease. If 

 you will go through a patch and put gloves on your hands and pull the 

 diseased plants up, you will find a little yellow thread. Now when, 

 that man put out his plants these little threads were all broken off and 

 they were left in your ground and of course his plants were alright. 



Some one asked a while ago if there was any berry out that would 

 beat the Snyder. I have a seedling, it is a little bit later than the 

 Early Harvest and is very healthy and has never had the rust. I think 

 it is going to be better than any berry that I have ever tried. 



