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Mr. Page — I would not give the Snyder standing room. I prefer 

 the Kittatinny and the Lawton. We don't want any better than the 

 Lawton. We ship it to Denver successfully. My experience with th& 

 raspberry is that we can't get them to market in suitable condition — 

 not even the blacks. I shall not plant any more raspberries. The Kit- 

 tatinny is my main crop. Last spring I had the rust, but it was checked 

 by sprinkling air-slaked lime upon the plants. Three applications 

 stopped it. 



E. A. Riehl — I venture to predict that the gentleman will have 

 plenty of rust next year. Lime does no good whatever. The only 

 way to get rid of it when you have once had it is to destroy the patch. 

 The only way to prevent it is to grow your plants from root-cuttings. 

 Plants grown from root-cuttings taken from plants which had the rust,, 

 show no signs of it. 



Mr. Hopkins — I have had enough experience to know that what 

 would succeed in one place may fail in another. Last spring I planted 

 Windsor Chief and Cumberland Triumph strawberries. The Bubach 

 is a fine plant, a good grower, fine, large berries, rather soft, though I 

 shipped two cases to Denver in fair order, and they sold for a fair price- 

 The Jessie this year was caught by a frost. The Windsor Chief has 

 been more profitable to me than anything else. The Belmont is cocks- 

 combed and doesn't bear enough. Western Triumph I consider one of 

 the best blackberries we have in the vicinity of Springfield. 



Mr. Robards — I would like to make a suggestion by way of warn- 

 ing in regard to one or two varieties. The Cumberland seems to be 

 very variable. With me it is a very poor fruiter. It bears large ber- 

 ries, but very few of them. The Jessie promises well for size. For all 

 purposes the Crescent has no equal. 



Mr. Hopkins— I want better berries, though the Crescent as grown 

 in Illinois is a very good kind. 



BLACKBERRY CULTURE. 



JACOB FAITH, MONTEVALLO. 



This subject, blackberry, assigned to me by our worthy Secretary, 

 is the subject of my choice. 



For this paper it is necessary to take facts and figures to calculate 

 investments. 



