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when they have to be shipped you cannot do that. A few years ago, 

 Avhen I was trying to get a good variety, I sent to a place in Mary- 

 land and got 100 plants, and he charged me $2.00. He left on a good 

 bit of good old Maryland earth on .all of them, and when the plants 

 came here, I paid $2.75 express on them. They all grew, so I never 

 objected to that $2.75 express. Two years ago a gentleman came to 

 my place and got about 300. It was in June, and some of those plants 

 were about a foot high, and it was pretty hot at that time. I did not 

 think that he would save any of them. But he did, and I think it 

 v/as because I sold him some good soil along with them. 



If you are going to send for them, get them just as early as 

 possible, before they start. If you let them get started, and then shake 

 ail tne dirt off the roots, then take them out, you stand a very poor 

 show of getting any raspberries at all. 



Discussion. 



Q. Have you had any experience vvith the St. Regis raspberry? 



A. I got that last spring. It is having quite a run just now, and 

 1 sent and got some of the plants a year ago. Of course, they didn't 

 do anything for me this year, although I got some of them to grow. I 

 had a few berries from the plant I got last spring a nd they are a nice 

 berry. I am going to try them, but at the same time, from my 

 limited experience, at the present time, I would not advise going into 

 it very heavy. I would, however, advise everybody to try a few of 

 them. I haven't any of the plants to sell, — do you have them in the 

 nursery Mr. Brown? 



Mr. Brown: I planted a lot of them last spring, and they are 

 just like yours, only more so. 



Mr. Christy: Well, I planted 100 and I got 9 9 per cent to grow 

 in the spring. In the fall I think I had 18 left out of the hundred. 

 But the plants were all right. 



There is a little difference in where Cardinal is grown. The 

 people at Brownville tell me they have trouble with it all the time. 

 I have shipped it all over this state and I haven't had a bit of trouble. 

 I think I know where the trouble is. Those Brownville people get 

 up a little earlier in the morning than I do. They pick the berries 

 as soon as it is light in the morning, and put them in the crates 

 v/ith the dew on them, and by night they are beginning to mold. I 

 never allow anybody to pick a berry for me, unless I am sure that 

 the dew is off. We can ship you a case today, and there will be no 

 mouldy ones tomorrow at all, but if you pi-r-k them early in the 

 morning, by the next morning, you will find mouldy berries. You 

 can't carry them over that night. A berry picked at 10 o'clock today, 

 it will be possible to carry it over two nights, but a berry picked at 

 o o'clock today, you can't carry it over one night. So I think that 

 id the greatest trouble about shipping the raspberry. You take the 



