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and juciest berries were found to yield the most dried fruit. With a 

 few of our best growers the Gregg is coming to supplant the Ohio, and 

 where it proves to be hardy it is a more desirable variety to grow, 

 especially if picking by hand is practiced, for the large firm berries are 

 much preferred by pickers. They adhere to the bushes more firmly 

 than most other varieties, and some growers do not find it satisfactory 

 to gather them with the harvester; others, however, do gather them 

 successfully in that way. The variety does not prove so universally 

 hardy and satisfactory as the Ohio. 



In tests made at the Ohio Experiment Station several years ago, the 

 Gregg was found to yield the greatest amount of food value per bushel 

 of green fruit of any variety tried, although it did not equal the Ohio 

 in pounds of dried fruit per bushel. 



Soil. — Raspberries succeed on almost all good soils, yet to secure 

 the most profitable results they should have one which is well drained 

 but moist and easily worked. A sandy or clay loam is excellent. The 

 one thing which they will not abide is a wet, heavy soil or standing 

 water about the roots. 



Fertilizers. — No other fertilizer is nearly so popular among growers 

 as stable manure. In replies to questions sent to growers asking what 

 fertilizer is found to be most satisfactory, stable manure is mentioned 

 44 times, while wood ashes rank next, being mentioned 24 times. The 

 next choice is commercial fertilizer and ground bone or bone meal, each 

 of which is mentioned 4 times. Four growers also say that they use no 

 fertilizers at all; these live in the West. A number of other things are 

 mentioned from one to three times in these replies, among which are 

 superphosphate, compost leaves, mulch of any kind, etc. Ashes and ^ 

 manure-mulch are mentioned three times as giving good satisfaction^ 

 One wide awake grower says the best fertilizer is a Planet, Jr., culti- 

 vator, and although its efficacy may be open to doubt when used alone, 

 it certainly ranks high in combination with some of the other things 

 mentioned. 



It is coming to be more and more fully demonstrated that thorough 

 cultivation is one of the best means of supplying fertility to crops. 

 One other means of supplying fertility, which is worthy of mention, is 

 very successfully employed by M. A. Thayer, of Sparta, Wis. This 

 consists of red clover grown on land by itself, cut when in blossom and 

 applied close along the roAvs as a mulch while the center of the spaces 

 is kept thoroughly cultivated. This method, accompanied with severe 

 pruning and careful attention to details, has led to some phenomenal 

 yields on his farm. 



