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tween the rows. After the crop is harvested we dig up every 

 alternate row, which leaves the rows nine feet apart, and the 

 next year we get a good crop from the plantation— probably a 

 full crop the next year — while if you put them five feet apart 

 or six feet, they are too far apart to get a full crop the first 

 year, and you waste the use of the land. Our land is not a very 

 strong soil, and we need them further apart than most people. 

 When the plantation stands with the rows nine feet apart and 

 the plants three feet in the row the first year, you get only half 

 a harvest, while, if the rows stand four and a half feet apart, 

 you get a full crop the first year you pick. 



Mr. C. Wedge: What varieties do you specially recommend, 

 Mr. Hopkins? 



Mr. Hopkins: The Souhegan and the Gregg. 



Mr. Harris: Don't you think the Palmer is a better berry 

 than the Gregg? 



Mr. Hopkins: I am not prepared to discuss that point. We 

 grow the kind for which we can find the best market. 



Mr. C. L. Smith.- Mr. Hopkins, how do the black raspberries 

 compare with the red so far as profit in sales is concerned? 



Mr. Hopkins: Very little difference. The first reds bring 

 the highest price, and after that there is little difference, but 

 altogether I prefer the black raspberries. 



Mr. J. P. West: Did you say there was more money in 

 black raspberries than in reds? 



Mr. Hopkins: I did not say so; but I find it is in my 

 own case. I get a greater yield in boxes from blacks than from 

 red from the same amount of ground. 



Mr. Elliot: What is your soil? 



Mr. Hopkins: Very heavy black soil. 



Mr. Elliot: Are you on the Minnesota Bottoms? 



Mr. Hopkins: No, it is high. 



Mr. Brackett: Is there a black raspberry earlier than the 

 Souhegan ? I know the early blackcaps bring the better prices. 



Mr. Hopkins: The first black to come to the market are the 

 Souhegan; they are always the Souhegan. 



Mr. Harris: There is an earlier variety than the Souhegan. 



Mr. Smith: The Palmer has not been generally cultivated in 

 this part of the country. 



Mr. H. M. Lyman: How do the blackcaps and the red rasp- 

 berries compare as to hardiness? 



Mr. Hopkins: I do not think there is much difference. 



Mr. West: Do you cover with earth or hay? 



