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Pruning— Marketing. 
It may be best to cut out the old canes as soon as the fruit comes off, but 
T leave them till spring, when I cut them out and remove them, and also 
all dead branches and tips of the canes. 
Even the Turner berries we haul to Stillwater, ten miles, and to St. Paul, 
fifteen miles, on a common spring wagon, without much jamming, not- 
withstanding that our quart boxes hold a lawful quart, dry measure—sixty- 
seven and one fifth cubic inches, cach. Let us drive out the swindling boxes 
sent here with berries from other States. 
I repeat that the best care and most thorough culture will pay the best, 
and poor culture will not pay at all 
J. W. BOXELL. 
DISCUSSION. 
Mr. Brimhall moved that the paper be accepted and placed on 
file for publication, which motion was carried, and the subject 
declared open to discussion. 
Varieties. 
The Secretary. Are the distances named good ones, and is the 
method of matted rows described a good one for the Turner ? 
Mr. Fuller. That is the way I cultivate the Turner. Prefer 
the Turner to the Philadelphia. The canes are stronger and more 
vigorous. Can’t do much with Black Caps. The Doolittle is the 
only one I can do anything with. 
Mr. Harris. The Seneca is more hardy than the Doolittle. 
The distance is all right for the red varieties. Seven or eight feet 
is better for the Black Caps. Would like to hear concerning the 
new varieties if any here have tried them. 
President Grimes. Have tried the Highland Hardy for a year 
or two. Itis not satisfactory. It suckers badly. 
My. Brimhall. The Turner [ have cultivated in rows and in 
hills both, and I like rows best. It is less work and gives a better 
yield. Should keep the weaker canes cut out and the stronger 
ones pinched back. I cultivate the Philadelphia in the same 
way. The Philadelphia yields better, has a harder berry and 
keeps better, but is not so good in quality. On the whole the 
Turner is most profitable to grow. Have discarded the Black- 
Caps. They are not profitable, when we can get so much better 
price for the Reds. The grass gets into the hills of the Black- 
Caps and it is difficult to get it out. No such trouble with the 
red varieties. 
Mr. Jordon. I have 20 acres of raspberries, of which 15 are in 
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