STATE HOETICULTURAL SOCIETY. 397 



Mr. Chandler, recommending high lands for raspberries. The 

 higher the better. I should prefer a north slope. 



Mr. Pearce. There is another question I would like to hear 

 discussed, and that is what protection we can give raspberries. 

 Is there any protection we can give for covering to assist them 

 in ripening? 



Mr. Gray. If land is in good shape for raspberries, it should 

 stand for four seasons, and then the plantation should be changed. 

 If the land is good for anything, you can have four good crops, 

 and then it is time to change about and make a new plantation. 

 They don't do as well after four seasons as before. 



A member said he had raised berries in the same place for ten 

 years, and they were as good as ever. 



Mr. Pearce. I think it best to mulch only with the leaves 

 that drop from the bushes. That is enough. It will get richer. 

 In regard to beds running out in three years, I know of two 

 that have been planted fourteen years, and last year was pro- 

 duced the heaviest crop ever raised. The secret of the whole 

 thing was in trimming, plowing, cutting out the sprouts, and 

 not getting the stalks too thick. 



Mr. Dean. What is the cause of winter-killing'? I have an 

 idea that where water will lie they will winter-kill. It is differ- 

 ent where they remain dry in the spring. 



Mr. Pearce. Low, frosty ground should be avoided. By all 

 means select the highest ground. 



Mr. Dean. Don't you think they will winter-kill some other 

 way than from frost ? 



Mr. Pearce. As a general rule I do not think surface 

 water will hurt plants. Wet land will kill plants. I think 

 there is more injury done to raspberries in the spring than at 

 any other time, that is if they winter well. 



The question was asked, how should raspberry bushes be treated 

 when they are through bearing ? 



Mr. Gilpatrick. I take out all bearing stock just as soon as it 

 is done bearing. I find that taking the old wood out hardens 

 them up for winter. They get hardy and ready for winter. 

 When the bushes get high enough I clip them off and bury the 

 tops when winter comes. I had considerable trouble with rasp- 

 berry bushes before I commenced to bury them. 



Mr. Pearce. I had a little experience with the Turner, I neg- 

 lected them one year and got them too thick. The ncAv shoots 

 got ahead of the fruit. I went to work and cut them down be- 



