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Mr. Pearce: Yes, I do. 



Mr. Elliot: I have been recently reading a circular coming from 

 Texas setting forth a new method of planting. In that the writer 

 goes on to state that pruning of the roots has a wonderful effect 

 upon all classes of plants, trees and shrubs. In cutting off the 

 roots, the new roots that are thrown out will go right down after 

 moisture, whereas, if the roots are left long, they will lie near the 

 surface and drouth will affect them. 



Mrs. A. A. Kennedy: Do you think blackcap plants will stand 

 shipping as well as the red varieties? 



Mr. Smith: I do not think they will, 



Mr. Elliot: I have had considerable experience in transplanting 

 blackcaps, but not lately. My experience has been that I have had 

 lots of failures. In thinking the matter over more recently, I have 

 come to the conclusion that we plant them too deep, and we do not 

 shorten the roots close enough. I would like to see some one try 

 these experiments. Shorten the roots at least two-thirds when 

 transplanting when they have made quite a start in growth, and I 

 think you will succeed. 



Mrs. Kennedy: I have never had any trouble in making blakcaps 

 grow where I took them up and set them out, but with those I have 

 bpught I have had trouble. 



Mr. H. F. Busse: I have tried a number of varieties of blackcaps 

 and never succeeded very well with any of them. Last spring I set 

 out a nuinber of tips of the Columbia, and the plants were in very 

 nice shape. I gave them good attention, we had sufficient rainfall, 

 but I lost fifty out of the sixty. But I think there is something else 

 that wants to be remarked about; I think all those tips are rather 

 late and the root is not formed enough, for one reason. Last spring 

 I set out a lot of raspberries, and they did very well except the 

 Cuthbert. The plant looked as if it was dried up, the wood would 

 rot as soon as planted, but there was no want of moisture. All the 

 wood of the Cuthbert ripens late, and that is another reason why it 

 don't do so well. I think the best way is to let the tips that form 

 remain in the ground another season. All those tips are very 

 tender, they are not firm or strong enough to grow very successfully? 

 so I am going to try that way. I know the wood is not firm or 

 strong enough in any season. I can see that in the Cuthbert, be- 

 cause it is the poorest in the root I have ever bought. 



Mr. A. H. Brackett: I planted about 500 Older, and I had 250 of 

 them die. They were my own plants; I dug them up fresh, and I 

 know they were kept moist, as I particularly guarded against their 

 drying out; I had wet blankets thrown over them, still 250 of them 

 died. 



Pres. Underwood: Was that this spring? 



Mr. Brackett: Yes, this spring. 



Pres. Underwood: Did the soil fall from the roots? 



