STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETV. 1(59 



Mr. Scofielu — Did I uiulersl.ind I )r. l{of>tf>n to say, thnt the 

 Philadel]thia Raspberrj' docs mn <!(> well lu.'re? 



Dk. HooTON — So far as 1 ha\e seen, it does not do well. 1 am in- 

 clined to l)elieve that for us here, the Doolittle is likely to do the best. 



Mh. Ci.ALi;sHA — Do you |trune bark the ijjrowing canes in summer? 



Dr. Hootox — Yes, I do. 



Mr. (J.-\lush.a — Then \<)u may safely conclude that you have not 

 a soil adapted to the culture of raspberries; tor the Doolittle, McCor- 

 mick (or Mannnoth Cluster), and the Philadelphia are more generally 

 profitable through the state than ,in\' small fruit, except Wilson's Straw- 

 berry. Of course they na-A < iilii\ation, and judicious summer-pruning. 



Mr. Scofieli> — I have had great success in growing raspberries — 

 and 1 fmd none better than the Doolittle. They are as large as the 

 Mammoth Cluster. Prof. McAfee in passing through my grounds, said 

 to me, "You have the Mammoth Cluster? " 1 informed him that it was 

 onlv the Doolittle. For four years 1 have had lull crops ; on one-half an 

 acre I had from sixteen hundred to seventeen hundred quarts that were 

 picked, and four hundred more that were wasted. I found some diffi- 

 culty the first year in finding a market; the second year 1 found a 

 ready market for all, and the third year I could not supply the. demand ; 

 and this is the way it has been ever since. 



So much lor good fruit. The people will buy it, if it is a good 

 article. 



With Us the Philadelpliia is hardy, and a perfect success. 



The Davison's Thornless is hardy, but after three or four pickings 

 the berries are almost worthless. 1 do not advise planting this variety, 



DISCUSSION ON CHERRIES. 



Mr. Wier — Mr. President. — 1 am aware that the hour at which 

 we should adjourn has arrived, but as many of us may not be here in 

 the morning, 1 would like to have a short discussion on cherries. 

 With us, we have got tluough svith the Early Richmond. There were 

 not only bushels, but hundreds of bushels of these cherries that went to 

 waste the past summer. There was no market for such fruit. 



1 think we should now turn our attention to cherries, and let the 

 Early Richmond go. I can raise as many bushels of sweet cherries as 

 I can of Early Richmond. If you can't take my word for it, come 

 and see. 



