Summer Meeting. 119 



Entry No. 16, Plowers — Mrs. A. Poper 50 



17, " J. T. Beal i.oo 



18, Strawberries — H. S. Wayman, Princeton i .00 



$12.65 

 (Signed) . T. H. Todd, 



W. T. Flournoy, 



A. H. GiLKESON, 



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Committee. 



THE RASPBERRY AND ITS TROUBLES. 



(S. D. Gregg, ladependence, Mo.) 



Mr. S. D. Gregg of Independence gave a paper on "The Raspberry 

 and its Troubles." He spoke principally on the Black Caps, because they 

 are the easiest handled. In selecting varieties, choose those which will 

 stand shipping well and in the field are borne on strong canes. For Mis- 

 souri conditions he thinks the Gregg and Kansas are best suited. They 

 withstand disease and insect pests better than any others. The only 

 remedy for red rust is to dig out the plants and burn them. If anthrac- 

 nose gets a start, it is best to destroy the bed at once and start one in a 

 new place. Bluestone and lime, he says, if used at the start, will prevent 

 this trouble. The only way to get rid of the troublesome cut worm is to 

 hunt and kill it. There is no remedy for the small cane worm. Paris 

 green and Bordeaux mixture will take care of the bud worm. 



DISCUSSION ON RASPBERRY. 



Sec. Goodman — I would name Kansas and Evans for black and 

 Cardinal for the best red raspberries. 



Evans — Thwack is the best red we ever had. For planting we should 

 plow and harrow well, and lay off in rows. Let the plants get six or 

 seven inches high and plant them in May. Take the plants up with 

 a spade with some dirt, and set in the furrow; this makes fast work. 

 The rows should 1)€ seven feet apart, and the plant three feet apart in 

 the row, and grown to a hedge row. We aim to put them on land that 

 is rich enough to grow good crops. For increasing the fertility of the 

 land, put on barnyard manure and afterwards two crops of cow-peas. We 

 leave the berries on the land for seven years, and then get a better crop 

 of corn from it than we could before. Cultivate the berry plants in the 

 spring and cut them back with a corn knife to a hedge row. On new 



