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The cultivation has been quite light. I have never had any occa- 

 sion to mulch with anything. My cultivations have been, of course, 

 to clean out the old canes, remove them, and at the proper time to 

 pinch off the top, and in the spring, just before the buds are starting 

 out, to take ray shears and shear the entire patch, shearing each va- 

 riety about equal, however, clipping the Early Harvest a little shorter 

 than the others, on account of the fruit being so heavy, and I have 

 never seen a bit of rust among the varieties, and the cultivation is 

 plowing one time ; as a matter of course I spade up the entire ground, 

 except the canes I leave, and one plowing is all the cultivation they 

 get during the year. The Early Harvest has the lead in the plants 

 that will be there; it has about twice as many spoken for as the others 

 and the plants are now ordered with a special charge for me to keep 

 them for them. The Early Harvest is a special favorite with those who 

 see them. My place is not very stony, on a reasonable height, where 

 the water does not stand, and I don't think any family in Howell 

 county can very well afford to be without all three of those varieties. 

 I particularly favor the Early Harvest for home use, for the fact it is 

 about 30 days from the first picking until the last one is gone. 



By Mr. Williams— In using root cuttings, which we do frequently 

 at my place at least, do you think the roots of plants that have rust 

 are any more apt to take the rust than those taken from plants that 

 never have the rust ? 



Mr. As to the Early Harvest it is a native of Missouri, and 



first found its way into J. T. Lovett's hands and he introduced it, if I 

 remember rightly ; someway or another he got it into his hands and 

 then introduced it to the public. 



Now as to rust : I had some vines that were pretty badly rusted ; 

 I intended tatake them out and throw them away, but just neglected 

 to do it, and this spring just as they were beginning to leave out, I 

 sprayed them thoroughly. Last year they rusted so that the leaves 

 fell off; and when the leaves were about half grown, I sprayed them 

 again. So I think by spraying in time, just as the leaves begin to 

 appear you can keep rid of the rust. The spray I used was composed 

 of the ordinary Bordeaux mixture. 



As to using cuttings affected by the rust, they are more liable 



to rust than from plants that are not affected by the rust. 



Q. Give us the reason why you think they are more apt to rust ? 

 Where does the rust originate on the plant ? 



A. That has been a mystery to me, from the fact that I have 

 noticed when sprouts were coming up out of the ground they were 

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