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nice iu the spring, but those covered with the cornstalks seemed 

 rather the brightest, and he thinks he -would prefer the corn- 

 stalks over the plants, using the straw between the rows. As 

 soon as vegetation started in the spring the mulch was drawn 

 between the rows and left to retain the moisture and keep the 

 berries from the dirt. The Wilsons were the first to lipen; they 

 did not yield quite up to the Crescent, but were found more val- 

 uable for market and for canning purposes. Some customers 

 would buy only Wilsons, and he will plant an acre of them next 

 spring. The Crescent were alternated with Wilson, Downing, 

 Glendale and Ironclad, the rows of Crescent yielding much 

 more than any other sort; they were bright, highly colored and 

 well adapted to home market and immediate use. The average 

 price received at wholesale was two dollars and twenty-five cents 

 for twenty-four box crate; the price paid for picking, two cents 

 per box. 



A-S soon as the fruit was gathered the plantation was plowed, 

 with the exception of one block; the mulch was stirred up on this 

 and burned over, burning out the old plants, the space between 

 the rows cultivated thoroughly. There were enough young plants 

 left so that now the rows were quite full and give promise of an 

 abundant crop next year. Mr. Danforth is well pleased with 

 results and is satisfied that he had the right method of cultiva- 

 tion. He has a fine lot of raspberries, including Philadelphia, 

 Turner, Cuthbert and the blackcaps; he gives them winter pro- 

 tection, covering with either dirt or straw. He regards the Cuth- 

 bert as the best. 



Mr. Danforth is a member of the State Horticultural Society 

 and attributes much of his success to the lessons learned in their 

 meetings and from their valuable reports. He is setting an ex- 

 ample that should be imitated by thousands of our Xorthwestern 

 farmers. 



At Morris, in Stevens County, J. P. Lowater had some very fine 

 Duchess trees, eight years old, healthy and vigorous, loaded with 

 very large, fine-colored, perfect fruit. He had one tree of Beech- 

 er's Sweet that was so loaded with fruit that the lower limbs were 

 bent to the ground with the weight of fruit; the tree was about 

 twelve feet high and was a perfect pyramid of fruit, which was 

 exceptionally large and fine flavored. His Transcendents, Hys- 

 lops and Orange were all bearing well, no signs of blight or 

 blackheart; currants, raspberries and strawberries doing well. 



