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anything, so I plowed them up. The Crescent were by the side 

 of them and yielded ten times the fruit, and I believe the Wil- 

 son berry can be too highly manured. Whether this is the 

 main cause of failure, I do not know. 



C. L. Smith: About the manuring of the Wilson berry, it 

 makes a great deal of difference what kind of soil it is. Mr. 

 Cutler has a very loose, light soil *hat does not pack, and come 

 to manure it, it would not be firm enough to hold the roots and 

 would be affected by drouth. As to the Philadelphia raspberry, 

 Brother Cutler does not like it on account of its flavor, but I 

 would say that it is a difference of taste. I know a great many 

 people that naturally like the flavor of the Philadelphia rasp- 

 berry, and so far as size is concerned, if the ground is kept 

 moist, and if on clay soil, they will be larger in size, and a great 

 many people prefer them to other varieties. 



R. P. Lupton: I would like to say one word in regard to 

 planting strawberries. The 20th of last August I set out a lot 

 of strawberries. I first had made two hundred tubes of tin, five 

 inches long and three inches in diameter. I placed one of these 

 tubes over each plant and pressed it down three-fourths of the 

 way. I placed as many of these tubes as I could handle, filled 

 with dirt and the plant, into a wagon and hauled them to 

 where 1 wanted to plant them. I had my ground nice and mel- 

 low, and set the tubes with the plant right into the ground and 

 filled the tube full of water. 



M. Cutler: What was the price of those tubes? 



R. P. Lupton; Two cents a piece. 



Pres. Elliott: Mr. Lupton, will you write a little paper 

 stating your plan and giving a cut of the tubes? 



Anything further on this subject? 



M. Cutler: I would like to ask the experience of market 

 gardeners and strawberry growers in regard to the Bubach; 

 whether they have been successful in growing it. 



Pres. Elliott: Is there anyone in Minnesota who has 

 been successful with the Bubach? I would like to call upon 

 Mr. Kellogg, of Janesville, Wis. 



Geo. J. Kellogg: I am glad to meet with you. I was listen- 

 ing with a great deal of interest to these papers and discus- 

 cussions, and as "strawberries" is the subject of my paper the 

 question raised may come up later. The Bubach is the most 

 successful large pistillate variety grown, and it has given 

 general satisfaction in our country. It is the finest pistillate 

 variety for home use and near market. I do not think you can 



