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SOILS MOST SUITABLE FOR RED RASPBERRIES. 191 
On sandy soil you must cultivate during the whole season, even 
while picking, and until the plants are to be ripened for the winter. 
Constant, shallow cultivation will keep the roots of the plants well 
below the ground and bring up a supply of moisture from below. 
Sec’y Latham: Mr. Scofield was a resident of this county 
for a good many years, but recently he has moved to Crow 
a Wing county in this state, where he is engaged in fruit growing, 
aw Mr. Sampson: I would tike to ask if any one knows whether 
clay soil is better generally for red raspberries than sandy soil? 
soil or the black oak timber soil, then we will have an under- 
a Mr.C.L.Smith: I have tried both in this county, and I have 
_. found clay soil the best. | 
¥ Mr. T. T. Smith: I would like to know what is meant by 
% clay soil? The clay soils of my boyhood in Pennsylvania were 
f° very different from what we have here. If you will explain 
4 what you mean by clay soil, whether the ordinary hazel brush 
ay 
” standing of the term. 
a Mr. C. L. Smith: In the sandy soil that is found about here 
4 on all these flats the surface soil is rather compact, with some 
# black loam and fine sand below; itis sand and gravel until it 
gets down to sand or lime stone rock. It dries out and gets 
very hot in July. Back where we strike the line of the 
8 heavy timber, we find a black loamy soil with some sand in it, 
¥ and down from eight inches to two feet we come to a rather stiff 
i clay, with a little gravel in it, and that is the kind of soil we 
Rs have in this county where we have the best raspberry planta- 
tions. I have seen some very fine raspberry plantations on this 
sandy land, particularly Turners and Cuthberts, but I have 
never seen a successful Marlborough plantation on such Jand. 
a The hazel brush soil which we find in a good many localities, 
} edging the prairie soil, and the prairie soil, is always under- 
laid with a heavy clay subsoil, is very retentive of moisture, 
resisting the drouth. I would put it in this way: that the least 
desirable is the sandy soil with a subsoil of sand and gravel, 
is and the most desirable soil is that which is a deep loamy soil, 
BS containing some sand and gravel and underlaid with clay, on 
account of its retention of moisture. 
Mr. Harris: My idea of a good raspberry soil is one where 
the soil for eight to twelve inches consists of a sandy loam that 
works very easily and works very quick after a rain, underlaid 
with a subsoil that is not too retentive of water, one that the 
water will leach through in a few hours. My varieties do well 
onsuchasoil. The preparation of the soil should be made 
very deep,so the roots can go down. Then by giving frequent 
