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they could get any price at all. Mr. Welch seems to indicate that he gets 

 the better prices later in the season. Is this a general rule, or will people 

 become tired of them and want something else? 



Mr. Eork: With me the late varieties pay the better. I only failed 

 once on late berries; I shipped them to Muskegon, and they were very 

 fine, but they wrote to me saying there were blueberries and raspberries 

 in market, and the returns were only moderate. 



Mr. Rice: Would you recommend a man's growing them there and 

 shipping here? 



A. I should be a little doubtful. 



Mr, Hale: Is there any late berry that is better than Gandy? 



Mr. Rork: Enhance is not so late. It sets a great quantity of berries, 

 begins medium and holds on quite well, but it is not so late as Gandy. 

 Dew is of about the same season, and I prefer it a little to Gandy; 

 Bidwell will bear more than either, an(i before they get into sight, and 

 yield pretty well after they are in sight. 



Mr. Morrill : I wish to ask Mr. Rork how long he kept Gandy in the 

 same bed, to test it? 



Mr. Rork: I have changed my beds; I have had several beds. 

 ' Mr. Morrill: Have you discovered that at three years old, Gandy is 

 better than at one? 



A. Yes, I think that is so. 



Mr. Morrill: I'eople who are setting strawberries should be careful, 

 in setting two varieties, to get varieties similar in their habits. Some 

 varieties, like Warfield, Haverland, Wilson, and a few more will produce 

 the best crop the first year. Sharpless, Gandy, and others will do better at 

 three years old; some are pistillates, some staminates; and if you expect 

 to get the best results from the held, plants of like habits should be 

 selected. A careful selection, with that in view, is essential. I think the 

 best patch of Sharpless strawberries that I know, in this state, is nine 

 years old. Gandys I have seen in excellent form at five years old. The 

 first year I grew them (and I grew them when they cost a lot of money) I 

 was miich disgusted, but I kept them the second year, hoping they would 

 be better, and they were. I discarded them, however; but a good many 

 plants have been disseminated, and, in the hands of men who will allow 

 the plants to struggle along for years, they have made their reputation. 

 They are admirable in the crate, but you can not expect the best results 

 until the second or third year. They require a good, heavy soil, and 

 even then they are not heavy producers. 



Q. What should be put in with Grandy? A. They don't need any 

 other variety. 



Mrs. Perkins: I would really like to ask if, when plants are set in 

 August, they are ready to fruit the next year? 



Mr. Welch: I haven't had much experience with August setting, but 

 what I have had has been a failure. We choose the spring. 



Mr. Rork: I began with fall planting, but I am cured of it I never 

 realized so much from it. as from the spring. I never gained anything, 

 and lost a good deal. 



Mr. Hale: I don't think either one of the gentlemen has answered 

 the question. She asked if they would bear. 



