92 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The President; In getting down to solid facts, I think we ought 

 to be extremely careful when we are speaking to remember that these 

 discussions are to be printed and to ask ourselves, "How will these look 

 in print to the people who read them?" We ought to bear this thought 

 forcibly in mind. Everybody has an idea and anyone who speaks should 

 consider how his remarks will appear. Our secretary will certainly have 

 to trim a good deal of this. 



Mr. Marshall: What would a man think who was reading these 

 printed reports and notice that every man who came down here had the 

 same idea, and no difference of opinion whatever? 



Mr. Christy: The first raspberry plants I ever planted I secured from 

 a very reliable nurseryman. He told me to be careful not to plant them 

 too deep. He says just lay them down and put a little dirt over them 

 and you get them to grow better in that way than any other. Of course, 

 that would be too shallow planting. 



Mr. Camp: I want to bring up a question here. A member said that 

 a certain way was a farmer's way of dividing up plants. I would like 

 to have a nurseryman tell me why my plan of taking up that crown 

 bush and of dividing it up into pieces so as to make more and have some 

 dirt on it, is not the best way? I want to remove that plant; I have 

 use for the cro^vti, but I don't want to lose the plant. Now, I would like 

 for a nuseryman to answer it. The stenographer's record herQ, if he keeps 

 it correct, will show that I have asked that question. 



Question. How old is your plant? 



Answer. Twenty-six years old. It is all one big crown. 



A Member: You can do it that way but it would not be practical. 

 In the second place, it is not "necessary to mutilate your old bush in order 

 to get a new one. The way to get a new crown bush and which is easier 

 is to take cuttings and put them in the ground and they will grow just 

 like weeds and it is easily done. Anybody who will practice this will 

 have a good stand in a short time. 



Mr. President: If you try both methods and determine for yourself, 

 I think that would be the best way, and that would add so much to your 

 experience. 



Mr. Bomberger: If I may speak, I wish to say there is one point 

 mentioned here that was not brought out satisfactorily. That is, the 

 raspberry should be planted early. I would prefer to put them out by 

 hand. Do the digging as late in the fall as possible, but they should 

 be set in time to get a good growth before winter. For spring planting, 

 heel them in the shallow on the south side in some place easy to get 

 at quite early in the spring, in layers of dirt not too deep. Cover 

 with mulch of some kind. Have j'our ground in just as good a condition 

 as possible and plant as early in March as possible. I find by this 

 process there is no trouble in having the finest stand of raspberries. 

 My idea of the raspberry is that it is a cold climate plant. It will propa- 

 gate itself during the fall weather. I think the best success I ever had 



