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years' experience with black-caps aud blackberries, and while you men- 

 tion the length at which you cut the lateral oft", you will hud that with 

 different varieties the proper length varies very much. It is one of 

 these questions of detail that 1 spoke of. More particularly in the 

 blackberry than in the black-cap, von will find a wide variation. I'er- 

 liaps, when you do have a good deal of experience with different vari- 

 eties, vou will regulate that bv the number of buds. You will ffnd 

 they vary on different plants, you will ffnd in some varieties that every 

 bud from the barren cane out the whole length of the lateral bears fruit. 

 Ydu will ]>('rhaps find the next variely with only three or four buds. This 

 is one of the little details that 1 spoke of that every nian has to study 

 before he gets complete success, but perhaps taking some other variety — 

 1 will not name which variety, but I presume you had Gregg. 



Mr. Croy: Ohio. 



Mr. Morrill: \\'ell, Ohio is one of the hardiest [troducers, bul the oldest 

 l)erry-growers on our shore do not plant it any more; but if you had 

 (ireggs you would ])robably have to cut them a little longer in order to 

 get the same amount of buds. Ohio is a close budding variety. Thei'e 

 are these differences that have to be studied, and which a man has to 

 understand to be able to get the very best results. It holds good in 

 all other fruits. 



Mr. Stone: I am interested, and I wish to know what those have to sav 

 who know about these things. I am experimenting, and ex[)erinienting, 

 you know, is somewhat expensive. I re ad some, think a little, but do not 

 give as much attention to fruitgrowing as I might if I were engaged in 

 that business ])rinci]ially. I liavi^ a little |)]antatiou down here, with 

 some berries and some other fruit that I am trying to raise. I have had 

 some success with small fruits, and a good many failures. I was 

 interested in Avhat was being said about the cutting back and pruning of 

 the insi»berry. I have tried various ways. I have fruited <lregg and 

 -several other varieties. 1 ft)und (Jreggs a little tender in this climate. 

 With the strawberry I have done very little. I tried it one year with very 

 ].>oor success, I think owing to the fact that the season was very dry and 

 j)erhaps my ])laiits did not haAe ]>ro].er care. They were u])on loose 

 ground aud ui)on a south and east slope. They did not seem to get much 

 moisture, and, while the}" ])roduced a very fine plant growth, they had a 

 very poor berry growth. This year they bore a fair crop, altluuigh the 

 year before, 18DG, was the year when they should have borne their main 

 ci'oj), but there were then very few l)erries; ft)r that reason, not having 

 borne fruity, I thought I Avould see what they would do the next year and 

 they bore a very nice croj). 



Mr. Marvin: As for strawberries, I set an acre here. I have had fairly 

 good success with them so far as prices are concerned. There art' no 

 berries shii)ped in here now. A few years ago all the berries were shii)i»ed 

 ill. Now the berries are grown here in sufficient quantity. There are 

 none shi])ped out from here, to amount to anything, eithei'. 



Mr. Morrill: You dei>end ui»ou the local markin? 



Mr. .Marvin: Y'es. 



Mr. Morrill: Do you find any trade among the farmers, among your 

 neighbors? 



Mr. Marvin: A\'ell. some, of course. Tlu^ farmers come along there 

 and know I grow sliawberries. and they will occasionally sto]> and bay 



