Summer Meeting. 27 



D. A. . Robnett — There are the best prospects I ever saw on my 

 patch. 



A. T. Nelson — There are the best prospects for all kinds of berries. 

 My choice of varieties of raspberries is Kansas, Evans, Gregg, Ever- 

 bearing. 



Prof. H. C. Irish — The twig blight on one patch is very bad, but on 

 another I found no indications. The rust is also bad this year. 



G. T. Tippin — The Dewberry is profitable where planted, it is the 

 easiest and least expensive berry grown, and brings good prices. It is 

 fine for home use and ships well some distance, that is for one night. 

 It is cultivated the first year, then mowed and burned over after the 

 crop is gathered. The best soil for it I believe is light clay, some say 

 post-oak land. This fruit will bring from fifty to one hundred dollars 

 per acre. 



J . C. Evans — I do not know the trouble with my raspberry patch, 

 but I think it was plowed too much last year. The bushes were in baa 

 shape from anthracnose, but we cut them down and they now look 

 better. 



Prof. Irish — The twig blight is coming from the East, and there is 

 no remedy for the patch, until the germs are eradicated. It is often 

 mistaken for anthracnose. 



President Whitten — I will ask Prof. Irish to bring specimens so 

 that we can learn the two diseases. 



J\Ir. Barnes — From three-fourths of the State of Kansas I have 

 Iliad letters saying that anthracnose prevails, but it may be some is 

 blight. 



T. H. Todd — Raspberries are good only three years on the same 

 ground. Care does not seem to prevent diseases. The new wood dies 

 and then there is no fruit. Rarely are over two crops good from the 

 same spot. We have to change and distribute the plantings. 



COMMITTEES APPOINTED. 



Fruit— Prof. L. R. Taft, Orlando Harrison, W. P. Stark. 

 Finance— D. A. Robnett, P. K. Sylvester, W. T- Flournoy. 

 Final Resolutions— C. H. Dutcher, G. T. Tippin, J. M. Irvine. 



