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live. I do not suppose it would be back where you have plenty of wild ones, but near all 

 our large towns and cities it is very profitable. 



The President. — How does the cultivation of the raspberry compare with the cul- 

 tivation of the strawberry in regard to expense and profit 1 



Mr. a. M. Smith — The expense of cultivating the raspberry is no greater, taking 

 all things into consideration, and the profits with us, as a usual thing, are better. We 

 do not grow strawberries much for market, because in our neighbourhood for the last few 

 years the market lias been rather overdone, and where strawberries sell at from five to 

 six cents a quart wholesale it pays better to raise raspberries at from ten to fifteen. 



Mr. Beadle. — Which will yield the most to the acre? 



Mr. a. M. Smith. — Strawberries no doubt will. 



Mr. Beadle. — Can you give us any idea how much more? 



Mr. a. M. Smith. — I do not know. It depends on the varieties and cultivation. 

 Some varieties of raspberries will produce as much as strawberries. Take the Philadelphia, 

 for instance. But there is this about raspberries : if you get them once planted out 

 you get a good succession of crops for five or six years, whereas strawberries you have to 

 renew every two or three years. Taking the replanting of strawberries into considera- 

 tion I think raspberries can be cultivated cheaper than strawberries. 



The President. — How much cheaper could they be cultivated 1 Could they be done 

 for half the money per acre 1 



Mr. a. M. Smith. — No ; I do not think they could. Perhaps they might be culti- 

 vated twenty- five per cent, cheaper. There is more pruning and the like of that in rasp- 

 berries. That takes up some time, of course. As far as the mere cultivation of the 

 ground is concerned, they are much easier cultivated than strawberries. 



Mr. Beadle. — Don't you find it necessary to prune ofi" the runners of some of your 

 strawberries in order to get a good crop 1 



Mr. a. M. Smith. — Yes ; some varieties we do. 



Mr. Allen. — Our wild crop is so large that we grow the cultivated varieties to only 

 a very limited extent. There is one grower there who says it pays to grow them, how- 

 ever. I do not know all the varieties he cultivates. I know he did cultivate the Phila- 

 delphia largely for two or three years, and he said it paid him. Our wild varieties, how- 

 ever, sell at from five to seven cents as against ten to twelve cents for the cultivated. 



Mr. a. M. Smith. — We have contracted for five thousand quarts at ten cents a 

 quart for the Philadelphia for canning purposes. 



DESIRABLE VARIETIES OF RASPBERRIES. 



The next question considered was " What varieties of Raspberry are most desirable 

 for Market, Drying, and Domestic use?" 



Mr. Dempsey.— This question was to have been introduced by a paper from myself. 

 Unfortunately my time has been considerably limited recently. 1 prepared some notes 

 yesterday, but I came away and left them in my office. However, the subject is quite an 

 extensive one. The question should be a trifle changed. I should have altered it a little 

 in my paper, and simply have considered whether raspberries are profitable for the farm. 

 Mr. Gott has given you a description of their culture, so that that part of the subject it 

 is not necessary for me to speak of further than to say that the red raspberry requires 

 very different treatment from the blackcaps. They require considerable shade, and if we 

 can provide shade in some way without reducing the fertility of the soil it is very much 

 better than if we are obliged to plant them in the shade of trees. Such a site is very dif- 

 ficult to obtain, however. 



Mr. Beadle. — Which is it that wants shade ? 



Mr. DeMpsey. — The red ones — the common wild varieties and their seedlings. 

 When it comes to a question of which varieties are profitable for drying and for domestic 

 use, the first thing we have to look for is a variety that is sufficiently hardy to 



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