HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF BLACK RASPBERRIES. 2IO, 



Mr. Geo. W. Strand. I find there is a good deal of profit in 

 raising the earlier varieties of raspberries. The Palmer comes on 

 several weeks before the red and for that reason will sell readily for 

 a good price, but after the red comes on they become prejudiced 

 against the black ones, although I have a number of customers who 

 will buy them in preference to the red. The later varieties are not 

 worth growing commercially. 



Mr. C. E. Older : I made a visit to Mr. Warren, of Wood- 

 stock, and he told me he had tried red raspberries in his garden and 

 had failed three times, but finally put them in a cottonwood grove, 

 and this year he had a good crop. 



Mr. S. D. Richardson : In early days I found I could raise 

 raspberries in a grove, but when the trees in the grove grew larger 

 I could not raise any. That has been my experience. As far as 

 the red and black raspberries are concerned, there are a great many 

 people who like the taste of the red and who will not buy black 

 when they can get the red. Some people will purchase the black- 

 caps every time. It is more a matter of taste and color, so far as 

 my experience goes. 



Mr. Wm. Lyons : On the market I can bring in fifty cases 

 of reds and one or two of blacks, and the reds go right out while 

 the blacks remain on hand until some housekeeper comes along. 

 The blacks do not seem to sell on the market. I raise only a limited 

 quantity because I cannot sell them. 



Mr. R. A. Wright : There is something that has not been 

 spoken of, and that is in regard to taking care of them. I would 

 rather take care of two acres of red than one acre of black rasp- 

 berries. So taking into consideration the care they require and 

 other disadvantages I should place them rather low in the scale 

 from a commercial standpoint. I find the blackcaps are very much 

 subject to diseases we have had to contend with the past few years. 



Mr. L. R. Mover: It seems to me the general concensus of 

 opinion is that we raise raspberries to eat and not to sell. Out our 

 way we find the yellow is the best to eat, and as long as we get 

 plenty of the yellow we do not care for the red or black. They 

 suit us first rate. 



Onions grown continuously on the same land are liable to at- 

 tacks of onion smut. The smut organism lives in the ground and is 

 rarely transferred except as it is carried on bulbs. Rotation of 

 crops and deep plowing have been suggested as a remedy for this 

 trouble. The fungus attacks the onion when it is very young. It 

 has been suggested to grow the plants in soil free from the germ, 

 then when they are well started set them in the open field. 



Planting Trees in Sod. — If this must be done as is occasionally 

 the case in city lots, turn the sod upside down so that it will rot. 

 Allow no grass to grow within three feet of the tree planted on the 

 lawn. Keep the soil around the tree loose and stir it whenever the 

 surface begins to eet hard. 



