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season has something to do with it, so that it didn't produce as 

 well as the others. We had some rust in parts of some rows and 

 not in other parts of the same rows. We think that was due to 

 the water. It is where the water didn't run off so good in the 

 spring time that we had the rust. 



Mr. Black: I am inclined to think that in testing these 

 new varieties we lose sight of one thing we should take into 

 consideration, and that is the difference in the soil and also the 

 cultivation and the different treatment that they get. I realize 

 from my own experience in testing strawberries we must take 

 that into consideration.. A year or two ago I had Progressives 

 in two different places. They were the same kind of plants. In 

 one place they made an abundance of plants, in the other place 

 it was the exception where the plants threw out runners, but, as 

 one speaker has said, they almost bore themselves to death with 

 berries where they didn't throw out runners. I am satisfied that 

 was brought about by the condition of the soil. When it comes 

 to the comparative yields of the different varieties we must take 

 into consideration this difference of soil. I have had Dunlap on 

 quite heavy soil where it did fine. When the variety was first 

 introduced I condemned it for a number of years ; I had planted 

 it on light soil and it didn't do so well. In fact, the first year it 

 was almost a failure as to yield, but the second year it made a 

 pretty good yield. 



The President: What variety of all the plums that you 

 have originated do you regard the most promising for general 

 cultivation in our state? 



Mr. Haralson: Well, as far as I know, the No. 6 and the 

 No. 12 are the best. There are some others that may be just 

 as good. I intend to make a final selection, though, but I want 

 to hold it off another year. 



Mr. McBroom: In regard to the strawberry question I 

 want to explain that I had a rather heavy soil, very heavily 

 manured, before planting the No. 1017. Right beside them on 

 the same soil I had the No. 3. They made a heavily matted, 

 fine looking green row of new plants. While the No. 1017 did 

 what I said, they didn't do as well as the No. 3. 



The President : No. 3 seems to be making good so far as I 

 have heard from it. 



Mr. Arrowood : I have been planting No. 3 strawberries I 

 got from Mr. Haralson about two or three years ago and they 

 have been doing splendidly; nothing better for a June plant. 

 The No. 1017 didn't make runners with me; I planted them in 

 hills, but they are great bearers ; they bear well. We have a few 

 hills, and we send them out to the agricultural departments of 

 our schools, and they are planting them in pots, keeping them in 

 the class rooms. They report they are doing fine and will bear 

 in the house. We have a plant in our house that has got fifteen 

 or sixteen ripe berries on it. The No. 4 raspberry is one of our 

 best berries. We have almost half an acre and got a large crop, 

 and the berries sold at 20 cents a quart right on the ground. 

 Our soil is what we call jack pine soil, rather high land. It is a 

 sandy loam with a heavy hardpan about two feet down. 



