PLANTING THE BLACKCAP RASPBERRY. 123 



There are other and, perhaps, better ways of setting the blackcap 

 raspberry, but unless the conditions are very favorable it will not 

 be good policy to plant largely of them. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Hartwell (Illinois): I find the gentleman's experience 

 is similar to mine, and yet he gets scared if the anthracnose 

 gets after him once in a while. We are troubled some with 

 anthracnose, but some years we have very little of it. As to 

 setting the plants, I have found it a good practice to make a 

 trench a little deeper than I want to set the plants. 



Mr. Wheaton : What is the general reason that the blackcap 

 fails to fill up as it should ? 



Mr. Elmer Reevea (Iowa): I think the case is, as has been 

 suggested in one of the papers, the lack of pollenization, 



Mr. Bunnell : Which are the best varieties ? 



Mr. Hartwell : The Older ; the Kansas is a good variety also 



Prof. Green : Do you like the Older as a market berry ? 



Mr. Hartwell : Yes, I do. 



Prof. Green : Is it not a little soft ? 



Mr. Hartwell : One of my pickers found six quarts on 

 Thursday that had been picked sometime and overlooked ; 

 I sent them to market with the rest, and no one could tell the 

 difference. I lost two crops by frost. The Older is the least 

 subject to anthracose. 



Mr. Wedge : As a profitable market berry, it should be 

 more generally appreciated ; it is a berry of good quality and 

 one of the best home berries that can be grown. I have had it 

 on my place for years. Mr. Elmer Reeves is the rnan who 

 persuaded me to plant the Older. We also have the Gregg, 

 the Nemaha and most of the other blackcaps, but the Older 

 is doing much better than any other variety. For the home 

 market it is excellent. 



Mr. Reeves : I never feel like apologizing for pushing that rasp- 

 berry. I received samples from parties who claimed to have 

 originated that berry, and the point of it was I found I was fur- 

 nishing them their stock of plants to introduce them. That variety 

 has one weak point, and that is its liability to injury by frost late in 

 the spring. It ia the best blackcap for home use I know anything 

 about. For market it is as good as any variety, provided you pick 

 it close. You must pick them oftener and not let them get over-ripe 

 and they will take better in the market than the Gregg and other 

 varieties, on account of tbeir better quality. I consider it the best 

 and most profitable variety of all our blackcaps. 



Mr. C. W. Sampson: I would like to ask whether the Older is 

 perfectly hardy? 



