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when there is a large body of pickers. We use five-quart buclsets for 

 blaclv raspberries, but not that large for the red; they are not so strong. 

 Probably the Cuthbert might stand it, but it would be hard on that. 

 The raspberry flattens down in the picking, because the inside is hol- 

 low, and we use these buckets because we get better measure from 

 pickers. 



For the packing we formerly had sheds in the field, but lately we 

 have used large, covered spring wagons. We think we get better results 

 that way. 



As to the varieties of the black caps, I have the Gregg, the Kansas, 

 and some Ohio; of the red, I have the Cuthbert, the Miller, the Turner 

 and Louden. The Miller and Louden haven't fruited uJuch yet, but the 

 Turner has lasted with us for six weeks. It comes pretty early, and 

 lasts late. 



Question: Isn't it a small berry? 



We do not consider it small. It may be on poor soil, but we have it 

 on good ground, and it makes a berry not quite so large as the old 

 Cuthbert, but it is of a good, marketable size. 



Mr. Duncan: What is your idea of setting them seven feet apart in 

 the rows, or rather, setting the rows seven feet apart, and the plants 

 three feet apart in the rows. Would it not be better to set them closer 

 row to row, and also closer in the row? 



Mr. Stewart: No, the raspberry will grow up say four stalks to the 

 hill. In the strong growing plants we always pinch the tip when it 

 gets up this high, and tliat lets the plant bunch out, and these branches 

 will go out into this seven-foot space. In the spring we cut back all 

 these little ends, so as to have room to cultivate them with more facility. 

 I have set closer than three feet in the row; but the raspberries are 

 like the strawberries, some make a bigger growth and fill up more than 

 others. 



Mr. Ritterskamp: Would a straw mulch take the place of cultivation 

 on a small plantation? 



Mr. Stewart: That would do very well, I think. 



Question: When do you cut the old wood out, in the fall or in the 

 spring? 



Mr. Stewart: 1 never found it practicable to cut the old wood out 

 until spring. It is this way. When we get done picking, the bushes 

 have grown out .so far that if we cut the old wood out thou we would 

 have to carry it out in our arms or damage the bushes. Most people 



