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very limited experience, and if I can elicit a vliscnssion that will bring 

 out more valuable sorts. I will Imxe accomplished at least one object 

 of this paper and will gladly revise my list of "best varieties." 



DISCUSSION. ON RASPBEKRIES. 



Air. C. Holsinger. — I would plant Kansas and Cumberland. The 

 latter is later than the Kansas and far larger, and sells for from 

 twenty-five to seventy-five cents per crate more than the Kansas. We 

 have some Greggs for late. 



Mr. Green. — I would plant Hopkins, Cumberland and Centennial. 



Mr. Baxter. — Kansas, Cumberland and Miller's Red. There is 

 most money in the Miller's Red. We have sold them in Alinneapolis 

 as high as $3.50 per crate of twenty-four pints. 



Mr. Holsinger. — I put Cumberland at the head of the list. I find 

 no Anthracnose on it. 



A. Chandler. — I plant i, Cumberland; 2, Cumberland, ^nd 3, 

 Cumberland, 



N. F. Murray. — I plowed out the reds because they did not pay. 

 T find the Kansas hardy and grow it. My ground seems too rich to 

 grow the reds. I get wood, but little fruit. T tried various ways. 

 They were not productive, were more trouble to pick and I could get 

 no more for them than for the black. On thin land in the same 

 vicinity they pay well. 



J. H. Hale. — I am surprised to hear you speak of raspberries as 

 if blackcaps were the only kind. Palmer is ver}^ profitable in the east. 

 It is earlier than the Kansas. Pinching back in the summer develops 

 loo much bearing wood. The old successful growers used stakes, 

 which was too expensive. They seem to have almost revolutionized 

 raspberry growing in Oregon. They ship them to Minneapolis, Chi- 

 cago and New York successfully. They grow them five, six, seven, 

 even eight feet high on a trellis of two wires. Long canes are bent over 

 the top wire and brought down and tied to the lower wire. 



Mr. Murray. — The wood does not winter kill on the Pacific coast. 

 I have tried some of the Oregon varieties here with no success. 



A. Chandler. — I have made more money per acre from the red 

 Thwack than au}^ other. 



J. C. Evans. — I would plant no red raspberry except Thwack. The 

 Evans for black. 



Mr. Kellogg. — For blacks, Kansas, Cumberland and Gregg; for 

 reds. King and Cuthbert. 



■ E. A. Riehl. — King is the best red. For black Evans and Cumber- 

 land. . 



