218 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



picked fresh from your own bushes, can the surplus for winter use, 

 and if a surplus is still on hand sell to your neighbors who do not 

 grow them. One hundred boxes from a row ten rods long is a 

 moderate yield — 200 not unusual. Two such rows will supply a 

 large family. An early variety, like the Palmer, and a later one, like 

 the Gregg or Nemaha, will serve to prolong the season. 



Perhaps our secretary had in mind when asking for this paper 

 thee methods of growing, handling, etc. This part of the subject 

 has been so thoroughly discussed that the older members of the 

 society could get little that is new, and if any of the younger mem- 

 bers desire to engage in the business they will find useful and val- 

 uable information in back numbers of our reports. 



Mr. F. I. Harris: Referring to the paper on red raspberries, 

 I did not understand distinctly enough to know whether he culti- 

 vated one or both ways. Many of our farms stand at an angle of 

 forty-five degrees, and instead of planting to cultivate both ways we 

 plant the rows eight feet apart and the plants three feet in the row, 

 and in that way we have better success. 



The President : What is the advantage in planting in that way 

 and cultivating only one way? 



Mr. riarris : It washes too badly if cultivated up and down 

 the hill, consequently we make the rows parallel with the hill and 

 piant the rows eight feet apart and three ieet apart in the row. 



The President : How does Mr. Empenger cultivate ? 



Mr. F. J. Empenger : I cultivate both ways. 



The President : It depends very much upon the lay of the 

 land. 



Mr. O. M. Lord: I would like to hear from Mr. Bush. I 

 want to know whether I stand alone or whether others have had a 

 similar experience. 



Mr. A. K. Bush: His experience with black raspberries is 

 about the same as mine. I planted a large field for family use, 

 and I always find some people in the neighborhood who are glad to 

 pick on shares, and our family is always supplied with fruit, while 

 it does not cost much to cultivate and care for them. In that way 

 we can get a profit from our field of black raspberries. 



Mr. Rolla Stubbs : We find they are the most profitable ber- 

 ries we can raise. We can use only a small number to market, but 

 we have calls for quite a number, and we consider them the best 

 raspberry raised for family use. It seems the red raspberry sells 

 largely on its merit and color, but I think the black raspberry is 

 ahead in flavor and wall yield more per acre. Being located as near 

 the city as we are, they are more profitable to a certain extent on 

 the market than the red raspberries. 



The President : I always select the black ones. 



Mr. O. M. Lord : I tried to confine myself in my paper to 

 the word "commercial." I would like to know how many here con- 

 sider they have made any money growing black raspberries the last 

 three years. 



