INDIANA HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 603 



you will remember that, we had a very dry time here at berry picking 

 time. The first berries ripened about the middle of June, and there 

 hadn't been a drop of rain for about three weeliS previous to this time, 

 but we had a good rain about the fourth of July. It was very cold dur- 

 ing the blooming season. My berries were not touched by the frost, 

 but the berries were vei-y far behind on account of the cold weather. I 

 thinli we only got a half crop this year. But I will tell you about the 

 crop last year. I cultivated until late, until November. If it is con- 

 venient and I have time, I bed them then. 



Prof. Latta: Would you advise this on a large commercial scale or 

 not? 



Mr. Grossman: Yes, I would cultivate them. 



Prof. Latta: Our experience is different from that. 



Prof. Hedrict:; Our commercial growers are more and more planting 

 the cultivated crops, and are cultivating them until about the first of 

 September. I would be afraid of the treatment he has just given for the 

 late growth makes the plant tender, and I would be afraid of winter 

 kill. 



Prof. Troop: Do you keep your berries covered when there is snow 

 on the ground? 



A Delegate: In the southern part of the State there isn't much snow. 

 Even if there were I would still use the straw in order to have the mulch 

 in the spring when I pick raj^ berries. 



Mr. Swaim: I should like to ask one question. What do you growers 

 do with the runners that start out after you quit cultivating? 



A Delegate: They let them go. I think the second crop is always 

 easier raised than the first crop, but the berries are not so large, and are 

 not quite as good. 



Prof. Latta: I would like to know if many of you here have any 

 trouble with your plants being killed out by the winter? 



A Delegate: We hardly know whether it is the winter or the late 

 culture sometimes. 



Mr. Grossman: I had a few killed out a year ago but not from late 

 cultivation. I will tell you why it was. I mulched with straw manure, 

 and wherever I mulched I lost the berries. It was not on account of the 

 •late cultivation. 



Mr. Swaim: I used straw manure as mulch and never saw any bad 

 results from it exceiit this year, when I got quite a good crop of timothy 

 from it, but you can always expect such as this. 



