GENERAL FRUITS. 241 
Dr. M. M. Frisselle: My raspberries are planted six by 
six. Ithink Mr. Keel’s recommendation to plant them as he 
does is altogether too near. 
A Member: What varieties do you recommend? 
Mr. Keel: I recommend the Turner and Brandywine. IL 
have grown the Philadelphia but do not recommend them. I 
think the Brandywine is the best. 
Mr. M. A. Thayer: My custom has been to plant red rasp- 
berries seven feet apart, and I do not find any too much room 
between them then. I plant them about three feet apart in the 
row and the rows are seven feet apart. 
REPORT ON GENERAL FRUITS. 
SETH H. KENNEY, MORRISTOWN. 
This is a memorable period of a society which has probably experienced 
more failures than successes, but whose out-look in some respects looks 
brighter now than it has at any time during the past. As long as good 
orchards are an exception, we shall be assured that there is abundant 
work for the horticulturist in Minnesota. Much of the experimental 
work with many varieties is over, and new seedlings are coming to the 
front. As far as my observation extends, there seems to be more con- 
fidence in planting orchards, and a great many have set out trees the 
past year. 
One year ago Jast October I became convinced that I could raise an 
orchard by boxing trunks and filling the boxes with earth and letting it 
remain there. I planted out very late that fall four hundred trees of the 
Duchess and Wealthy. Now for the result: All but one of the trees are 
alive and bid fair.to make an orchard. Part of the trees I mulched; 
part were without any mulching. I noticed the trees mulched made the 
best growth. Wishing to learn the real difference, I measured the best 
growth on one row of mulched trees, which numbered 26 trees; the average 
growth was 19 inches, while an equal number of trees not mulched ave- 
raged 134+ inches, making a difference in favor of the mulched trees of 52 
inches. Of the trees that were boxed, not one of them has been molested 
by rabbits, although the tracks show that they have been among them. 
I am well pleased with the boxing, believing it will keep the trunks ina 
healthy condition, and think with the mulching we will see good results; 
believing if the roots and trunks are both protected, the limbs will take 
care of themselves. 
For a great many years I have grown raspberries. I haye had better suc- 
cess with Shaffer’s Colossal than with any other berry. They area large 
GS 
