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cherry trees. I said, "You are killing them with water. They are all 

 right even if the ground craclvs open. I have seen them live through 

 the dry season and die during a wet season." 



A. J. Brown: I think there is an important point in the cherry 

 business and that is to have good subsoil. If you have a hard subsoil, 

 you want to watch out; in case of too much moisture 'it would not 

 let the water off. 



"What are the best varieties of grape to plant for the market?" 



Answered by G. S. Christy: I would say, first would be Moore's Early. 

 The Woodruff Red is pretty good if well taken care of; but there is 

 no market for a red or white grape. If you have a black variety you 

 can sell it. If you have many red ones you will soon overstock the 

 market. I believe next to Moore's Early, I would plant the Concord, 

 which comes a little later. I have some trouble with Worden and 

 Campbell's Early — that are not hardy. 



"What care should be given the dewberry? Should it be cut back 

 any and when?" 



Answer by G. S. Christy: I think the best dewberry is grown on a 

 trellis; I think that is really the best way to grow them. I have mine 

 two or three feet high. Cut the vines back and tie them up in the 

 spring. If a person should cut them back in the summer, along about 

 July, he would get more vines — they would get a little more growth to 

 grow the berries on, but I have succeeded well in not cutting them 

 back until the next spring, then tie them on the trellis. By having a 

 trellis, you get the nicest and cleanest berries, and they are no trouble 

 to pick. 



Q. How close have you cut them back? 



A. Sometimes three or four feet. 



Q. You leave the stems three or four feet long? 



Q. Do they winter kill? 



A. The better plan would be to cover them, and you will have 

 stronger stems in the spring. Down in southern Missouri, as soon as the 

 crop of dewberries is taken care of, they mow the vines and burn them; 

 but up here they don't get quite enough growth. This method was 

 recommended at a farmers' institute meeting In the winter time, one 

 farmer, thinking it would do to mow them at any time, mowed his off 

 in the springtime. So, I presume, it would be well to be definite and 

 state when to do a thing. The old stems that bear fruit this year are 

 dead the next spring, and need to be cut out. 



Q. That is, cut them out in the spring when you trim? 



A. Yes. 



Q. You use a trellis the same as for grapevines? 



A. Yes. 



Q. Make it of smooth wire? 



A. Yes; I just have two wires and tie the vines to them. 



Q. Each year they die? 



A. Yes: the branch or vinf that bears this yeai- always dies. The 



