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at the state experimental station at Excelsior, Minn. The bush 

 is perfectly hardy and is a tall, vigorous grower. Fruit is much 

 larger than King or Miller. Color is a light crimson, firm and of 

 good quality. It is a good canning berry, a good shipper and 

 productive. It does not cling to the stem like Loudon and does 

 not drop or crumble like the King. 



A Member: Will you please repeat the name of the rasp- 

 berry you speak of? 



Mr. Hawkins: Minnesota No. 4? 



The President: That is one of Mr. Haralson's new crea- 

 tions. Any other questions? 



Mr. Sauter: He said that he covered up the King. We do 

 not cover them. I think they are just as hardy as the No. 4. 



Mr. Hawkins : I think at two or three years old they are not 

 as hardy. Three years is all I think it is profitable to grow them. 



Mr. Rasmussen: My experience is different. I think at 

 eight to ten years they would be in their prime. 



Prof. Dorsey : I might say that up at Bay Lake, Professor 



has a raspberry bed that has been in sixteen years. 



and they do not show any inclination to decrease in yield. Fif- 

 teen years ought to be a conservative figure for the yield of a 

 raspberry bed. 



A Member: How many years have you had the No. 4? 



Mr. Hawkins : I have only had them three years. 



Mr. Kellogg: You cover the whole cane? 



Mr. Hawkins: Yes, sir. 



A Member : The speaker spoke of the Columbian raspberry 

 as needing cover in this section. For three years my Columbians 

 have produced a cane eight or ten feet high, and no protection 

 whatever except a few trees not far away. They have borne 

 immense crops, so much so I have taken a fancy to the purple 

 caps and ordered some new canes. I would like to know if the 

 Haymarket and the Black Pearl are hardy. I like the purple 

 caps ; I find the Columbian hardy. 



Mr. Hawkins: Don't they kill back to the snow line? 



A Member : No. 



Mr. Hawkins : They generally do with me. 



Mr. Black : I just want to say that my experiments have all 

 been made down at Independence, Iowa, — this is at least 150 

 miles south of here — and I found that the Columbian raspberry, 

 unless it is a very mild winter, would kill to the snow line at least 

 two winters out of four. During a mild winter they will stand 

 it, but take an average cold winter, and they kill to the snow line 

 with me down at Independence. 



Mr. Rasmussen: How about spraying your raspberries? 



Mr. Hawkins : We have never tried that. 



Mr. Rasmussen : We use two or three sprayings of bor- 

 deau mixture. We think it is more necessary on the raspberries 

 than on anything else. 



