300 TRANSACTIONS OF THE KANKAKEE 



The exi)erience of those present was against fall planting. Mr. 

 Small thought they might be planted in the fall, if well done, and 

 the tops bent down and covered with earth to the depth of several 

 inches. , 



The Secretary said that rose bushes received in the fall, or grape 

 vines, should be heeled in, or completely buried in the earth, where 

 water will not stand, and then planted out in the spring in well 

 enriched soil, and well taken care of, and there will be no failure. 



Question 3. Should raspberries be trimmed in the fall and be 

 mulched, and with what material? 



Mr. Mortimer — Some one says, cut out the old canes as soon as 

 done fruiting: others say, leave them till spring; my own opinion is 

 to cut out the old canes, and if the new canes were not pinched 

 back during the growing season, all you can do now is to cut them 

 back to the proper height. 



Mr. Cunningham — Would leave the old canes till spring as a 

 sort of winter protection to the young new canes. Would mulch 

 with half- rotted manure, or leaves when they can be procured. The 

 young shoots should be pinched back during the growing season, and 

 you will have a stockier and better plant. 



(Question 4. When shall we mulch strawberries, what with, 

 and how deep? 



Mr. Barnard — Mulch with prairie hay, and quite deep, three or 

 or four inches. 



Mr. Cunningham — As to time, as soon as the plants have done 

 growing in the fall. 



Mr. Mortimer thinks that is the best time, and considers prairie 

 hay the best mulch on account of its freedom from foul seeds. 



Question 5. Can grape vines be planted in the fall with 

 success? 



Answer. Treat grape vines the same as roses. 



Question 6. Peach stones; how must they be planted and when ? 



Answer. Plant in the fall, in a shallow vessel of some kind, 

 with earth mixed in with them, and slightly buried in the earth, and 

 leave till growing weather in the spring, and then take up and plant 

 in seed bed, or plant where wanted to stand. 



