MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 171 
Mr. Leland asked Mr. Pearce if he would cut out the old brush 
every year. 
Mr. Pearce replied, he would cut them out every second year, at 
least. 
Mr. Hillman inquired of Mr. Pearce what kind of raspberries he 
preferred. 
Mr. Pearce said that he liked the Purple Cane very well... The 
Mammoth Cluster is a good variety ; also the Thornless. The latter 
was an early variety and had produced better than any other variety 
which he had tested. He believed in thorough trimming. 
Mr Sias asked if it was not the best time to trim immediately 
after the fruit is off. 
Mr. Pearce thought in that case the young canes would not be 
sufficiently protected from the winds. 
Mr. Sias said he cut out the old canes, and supports the young 
stalks by tying them up. 
Mr. Cook favored trimming immediately after bearing, and not 
let them grow more than one and a half feet high. The next year 
they may be allowed to grow two or three feet high. By properly 
mulching there is novdifficulty in raising raspberries. 
Mr. Hall said he picked ripe raspberries at his place on the 
second day of July. 
Mr. A. Harkins inquired if the Thornless was as early as the 
Purple Cane. 
Mr. Cook replied that they ripened about the same time. 
Mr. Harkins said he did not protect his raspberries, still they 
were uniajured. He had the Purple Cane and the Philadelphia. 
Of the former he was picking about twenty quarts a day. 
Mr. Sias said he had a few of a garden variety, which seemed to 
be a cross between the Black Cap and some red variety. 
Mr. Hall said he had two hundred grape vines rooted. He would 
not recommend covering grape vines with anything besides straw. 
Mr. Pearce moved that Mr. Cook be requested to furnish copies 
of his essay for publication in the city papers. Carried. 
Mr. Cook exhibited several varieties of strawberries put up in 
small glass jars He preferred for family use and general culture, 
Downer’s Prolific; next to this is the Wilson’s Albany Medium. 
The next best is Wilson’s Albany Selected. For late fruit, the 
Green Prolific and the Kentucky are preferable. 
Mr. Hillman spoke favorably of the currant. Its season contiu- 
ed longer than other small fruit. Iv is easily raised and always 
sells well in market. 
Mr. Pearce said currants make excellent jelly. 
Mr. J. A. Leonard thought currants would make excellent wine. 
Mr. Sias thought gooseberries were ahead of currants, as three 
times as many could be raised with the same amount of labor. 
He spoke highly of the American Seedling. 
