HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 75 



Mr. Dartt. It appears to me there is one idea advanced by 

 the gentleman that will not hold, that because a thing thrives on 

 rough rugged, barren ground, it will not thrive when trans- 

 planted to a better soil. If that were true the smart men that 

 come from the rugged hillsides of the East would not thrive as 

 they do in the west. (Xaughter.) 



Mr. Pearse. Mr. President, I think the gentleman is in error 

 in saying dewberries will not grow on Minnesota soil. I have 

 seen very fine croj)S of them growing at Minnetonka, both of the 

 Lucretia and the Windom. They will grow here, but I would 

 put them on the poorest land, where they do nicely. 



Mr. Urie. They raise a different variety altogether in the 

 South; it is a different berry in every respect. It is no more like 

 the kinds grown here than the raspberry is like the blackberry. 



Mr. Sias. I have seen a great many dewberries; have picked 

 them in Indiana and Kentucky. Last year, fourteen miles north 

 of Windom, I saw dewberries on good rich soil that were of bet- 

 ter quality than any I had ever seen before, and I did not see 

 any poor or rocky soil there. 



Mr. Gould. They were cultivated ? 



Mr. Sias. Yes; they were known as the Windom Dewberry, 

 or Cook's Haidy Dewberry. 



Mr. Smith. Mr. Pearse states he has seen both varieties 

 growing and I M'ould inquire as to their shape, size and color. 



Mr. Pearse. The Lucretia was the largest, but the Windom 

 is much more productive. The shape is a little oval. I grew 

 them last year. 



Prof. Green. Do you think they would be profitable as a 

 market crop ? 



Mr. Pearse. I think the Windom will be very profitable in- 

 deed. I plant them in rows, with the plants set two or three 

 feet apart in the row; cultivate thoroughly, but carry the run- 

 ners around in matted rows. The fruit comes out on the top 

 like strawberries. I only put mine out last spring. Those I saw 

 in bearing that I referred to were grown by Mr. Stubl s, of Long 

 lake. I raised a few last year and expect a nice crop another 

 season. I would put them on the poorest ground. 



Mr. Dartt. And make it rich? 



Mr. Pearse. No, I would not. 



Mr. Smith stated he had seen a fine crop of dewberries grow- 

 ing wild in the vicinity of Hamline in the summer of 1884, and 

 had examined in the locality each year since but failed to find 



