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Mr. Hesser — In the spring after the young canes get up to about 

 the proper height we just go through and pinch the tops out. 



Mr. Jenkins — What is the jH-oper height? 



Mr. Hesser — I would say from one and one-half to two feet. 



Mr. Jenkins — I have been using a long bladed knife — say an ex- 

 tra long butcher knife — and cutting them oflF. 



Mr. Hesser — You may do that if you like, but I can pinch two 

 while you are cutting one. 



Professor Card — What is your hardiest berry? Do you protect 

 them in winter? 



Mr. Hesser — They have no protection but the trees. The Tyler 

 has done better than anything else I have planted. 



A Member — How does the Tyler compare in size with the Gregg? 



Mr. Hesser — It is a little smaller than the Gregg. 



A Member — AVill it grow as many quarts to the acre as the Gregg? 



Mr. Hesser — I can grow just as many quarts to the acre. 



Mr. Whitford — Have you had any difficulty with winter killing? 

 I understood you to say you do not cover your plants. 



Mr. Hesser — No, sir'; I do not cover them and the canes go 

 through in good shape. Of course, when you pinch them back they 

 go right ahead and throw out shoots; many of these will run to the 

 ground, and by the next spring more or less of those tips will be killed. 

 Then, after they get started, we go through with the pruning shears 

 and cut them down to the live wood. 



Professor Card — I want to emphasize one point in regard to 

 pinching back; that is, the importance of going through two or three 

 times and pinching back the canes as they reach the proper height. 

 It is a bad plan to allow the cane to grow up to double the height 

 you want it and then go through and cut it back down ; you weaken 

 the cane immensely if you do that. Then another point, Mr. Hesser, 

 do you pinch back both reds and blacks in the same way ? 



Mr. Hesser — No, sir; I do not have the same success with the reds. 



Mr. Stilson — The difficulty with my raspberries is that for the 

 last five years there has not been a season when it was wet enough so 

 they made any growth whatever to pinch back. The consequence is 

 that each year has seen my plantation so much reduced, and the last 

 five years it has been wiped out of existence. I have had a plantation 

 ranging from ten to fifteen acres in the past, but now I haven't a bush 

 left. 



