STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 35 
Black-Caps. The Doolittle is the only profitable one. I get more 
money from the Blaek-Caps than from the Reds. It costs less to 
pick them; they bear shipping farther and keep longer. I can 
get no better price for red raspberries. My land is high, clay, 
limestone soil. I plant the distance named in the paper—6 feet 
by 4. 
Soil, Varieties, Pruning. 
_ Mr. Fish. Do raspberries do well on sandy land? 
Mr. Cook. They do; especially the red varieties and the Turner 
especially. The Philadelphia needs very thorough cultivation, 
liberal manuring, and then it exceeds the Turner, but the Turner 
is a better berry for home use. I have not found the Doolittle 
hardier than the Mammoth Cluster. Location and surroundings 
are to be considered. Itis a good plan to plant among orchard 
trees while these are young. Black-Caps do better there because 
of the protection which they need more than the Reds. It is a 
question if the Black-Caps pay in open field culture. Their hardi- 
ness depends also on mode of pruning. The Black-Caps the first 
year I cut back to one foot, and the second year to two feet, or 
even less. Then they branch out laterally and are covered by the 
snow, when there is any. I would say plant them two feet apart 
in the row—not more than three feet at any rate. Thus planted 
and pruned they form matted row. 
Raspberries among Orchard Trees. 
Mr. Eldridge, of Excelsior. Do you plant in the neighborbood 
of the trees or only between the rows. 
Mr. Cook. Both. 
Mr. Eldridge. I have done so but contemplate taking out the 
plants as they interfere with the trees. I prune to 33 to 4 feet 
high. I have an eastern exposure and a strong clay soil. Have 
no trouble with killing off the vines. 
Mr. Cook. WDavison’s Thornless I consider tender and worth. 
less. 
Mr. Jordon. WUHave planted Davison’s Thornless on two farms 
and have not obtained a quart of fruit, but other parties recom- 
mended it as being hardy. Have had the Mammoth Cluster and 
that is entirely tender and worthless. 
Mr. Harris. Planting raspberries in orchards is good or bad 
according to the grower. Where they are not kept clean they 
encourage mice and rabbits, and I shall abandon that method. 
