46 State Horticultural Society. 



Diseases of Raspberries — I believe that the red rust a fungus is 

 the principal one or about the only one that has come under my knowl- 

 edge. This, if taken in time, can be controlled by using fungicide, but 

 better dig up and burn all infected plants. 



Varieties — Doolittle is an early but very good one, the. Hopkins is 

 also an early berry and more productive than the Doolittle. The Miami 

 is a very good berry, called by some Mammoth Cluster. The Kansas 

 is a larger berry and a good bearer. The Gregg originated in Ohio and 

 is the largest berry of which the plants are on the market. The Mis- 

 souri is the largest of all, often measuring an inch to one and one-fourth 

 inches in diameter. Merchants of Independence have given them the 

 preference of all other berries. Plants not on the market. Berries will 

 be on exhibition at .St. Louis Fair, 1904. 



RASPBERRY — DISCUSSION. 



E. B.^Katherman. — We have tried something like ten varieties of 

 raspberries and have dropped everything but the Kansas. No variety 

 stands frost like the Kansas. The Kansas will bear if any variety 

 bears. 



Secy. Goodman. — What kind of soil have you? ' 



Mr. Katherman. — We set out raspberies in a dry, sandy soil, three 

 to four and a half feet apart. 



Secy. Goodman. — Do you set them in hills? 



Mr. Katherman. — Yes, sir ; we do not plow both ways, except to cut 

 the weeds in the spring. 



Secy. Goodman. — Does not that seem close before fall comes? 



Mr, Katherman. — No, sir; we always keep them cut close. We top 

 them once a week during the summer, letting the laterals grow till fall. 

 If we want tops, we cut them, if not, we let them grow until spring. To 

 get good plants, they should be topped. 



Mr. Markey. — I find that if we want the best plants, the best plan 

 is to keep it low and keep the laterals trimmed within seven or eight 

 inches from the main vine. In that way they are not mashed down. 

 We put three or four stalks in the hill. 



Secy. Goodman. — The Kansas raspberry with us grows so that we 

 plant the rows eight feet apart and four feet apart in the row. Even 

 then the branch covers the ground so that we have to cut in the fall and 

 they grow thick enough to keep the weeds down and have little trouble 

 with them. If they top, head them back. We leave the tops until spring"! 

 Never prune in the fall. Seems to keep the plant in better shape and 



