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were certainly true Clarks. My experience has been more 
satisfactory with the Turner. 
Mr. Thayer: I have grown the Turner for ten years, and 
have never had any trouble with the mildew. 
Mr. Ludlow: I have four rows of Clarks on the north side 
of my patch next to the lake, where it is as bleak as it well can 
be, and I have never seen one Clark frozen back. The next 
seven rows are Turners and they invariably freeze back. 
Mrs. Kennedy: I have three-quarters of an acre of Turners, 
and they are on a western slope on sandy ground. I have 
never failed to raise a crop. They are perfectly hardy. I 
think, however, that a difference in the soil may make a differ- 
ence in the flavor. I raised sixteen hundred quarts on three- 
quarters of an acre this year. Although it was very dry, they 
were not mulched. 
Vice-President Wedge: The Turner has proved the most 
reliable berry with me. 
REPORT ON SMALL FRUITS. 
M, CUTLER, SUMTER, THIRD CONG. DIST. 
To the Members of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society:—The first part 
of the past season was very dry and discouraging to the novice in horti- 
culture, as well as to the expert who wished to extend his plantations. 
Thousands of costly plants were purchased, carefully set, watered 
and nursed, only to wither and die. The earth was as a bed of dry ashes, 
carried hither and thither by the high winds. Surely he who can invent 
a plan for setting out plants during such an unfavorable time will confer 
a blessing on the average small fruit grower. 
AS an experiment we tried setting two rows of strawberry plants about 
ten rods long, asfollows: We dug holes in the dry dirt and poured in 
about one pint of water. Taking the plants from a pail of water we 
placed them in the holes and firmly pressed the earth about them, then 
covered with a little hay, leaving it on about a week. The experiment 
proved entirely satisfactory. Plants set about the same time without 
being covered, nearly all died. I set about one-half acre of strawberry 
plants after the rains came the last of May, that made a good growth and 
went into winter quarters in good condition. 
Strawberry plantations that bad been well cared for produced a fair 
crop that sold well. Turner and Cuthbert raspberries that had been well 
cared for produced a large crop of fine berries. I had one-half acre of 
Cuthberts that were very nice. They were mulched with barn-yard litter. 
Tyler, Souhegan, Ohio and Gregg blackcaps bore a good crop of fine fruit. 
Average price of raspberries 124 cents. Currants that had been properly 
fertilized and cultivated bore a large crop and were in good demand. 
