THE GROWING AND MARKEiTING OF RASPBERRIES. 229 



THE GROWING AND MARKETING OF RASPBERRIES. 



B. A. SEELYE, PRESTON. 



My subject is one that has been discussed many times and 

 doubtlessly will be many more. Still there may be new ideas 

 brought out that will be of some benefit to amateurs, if not to the 

 older members of this meeting. 



To begin with, the ground should be very rich, in the highest 

 state of cultivation. Plow rather deep and pulverize thoroughly. 

 Mark your ground in rows four feet apart; then plant every other 

 row, or eight feet apart, using the middle row for potatoes or 

 beans. Set plants two and one-half feet apart in" the row. Keep 

 them cultivated and allow no weeds to go to seed. 



Use the varieties best adapted to your soil and climate. There 

 are few if any of the red varieties that will do well without winter 

 protection. That new purple raspberry, called the Haymaker, has 

 proven wonderfully hard and prolific with me. Last winter it went 

 through without freezing a tip and bore heavily this year, one 

 stalk or cane having on as many as eighty-seven matured berries 

 at one time. 



The marketing of raspberries is the easiest part of the business, 

 as I have a home market for all my fruit, and the supply never 

 equals the demand. The result is that I have easy sales and good 

 prices. Fruit should be picked every other day and put up in good, 

 clean boxes. Never use dirty, stained boxes on any occasion. Fill 

 your boxes full and use your customers all alike; that is, give them 

 all nice fresh fruit, and they will never ship in berries as long as 

 yours last. 



This is about all that can be told in a paper. There is always 

 something for the fruit grower to learn by experience, such as 

 getting your pickers to do good, clean work and handling them. 



I regard small fruit growing as a very pleasant and profitable 

 business if properly conducted; but one should not go into it with 

 the idea that there is not much wo^ connected with it, or he will 

 be a disappointed man. 



THE COMMERCIAL ORCHARD IN MINNESOTA. 



C. L. BLAIR, ST. CHARI^ES. 



We do not suppose that every one desires to grow a commer- 

 cial orchard but that some of them can grow such an orchard if 

 thev are willing to give careful attention to what is necessary. 



The first thing to be considered is a suitable location; second, 

 convenience to market; third, varieties to grow; fourth, protection 

 to the orchard and the growing trees. 



