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to get there as the retail stores open. The average price 

 received for black raspberries the past year was lo^ cents per 

 quart. 



It is important to keep well up with the picking and not to 

 allow a lot of berries to become overripe on the bushes, as such 

 fruit will mould and spoil very soon after going into the 

 baskets. As to varieties, Kansas easily stands first, Cumber- 

 land does well in some locations. Have dropped all others, 

 but ought to have one that would ripen a week earlier than 

 Kansas. 



For red raspberries nuich the same care and attention is 

 needed as for blackcaps. A serious cane blight has attacked 

 the Cuthberts, especially over a wide part of the State, and 

 together with the croz^ni gall has injured the plants to such an 

 extent as to cause a scarcity of the fruit in all our markets, 

 and while the prices realized during the past year or two have 

 been high, owing to the short supply, the crop has been far 

 from satisfactory. 



While I have not practiced it as yet, I am inclined to think 

 that it will be better to adopt the hill system for red raspberries. 

 Planting them about six by six, tying to stakes. In this way 

 each plant gets more sunlight and air, and the danger of disease 

 spreading from one plant to another is reduced to a minimum. 

 The Phoenix is one of the never reds that seems less susceptible 

 to disease than the older kinds and is proving a good market 

 berry. 



Great care is needed in marketing red raspberries to have 

 them picked before they are too ripe, and a good supply of 

 pickers is essential to success. The oblong pint is the favorite 

 basket in most markets. 



In blackberries, the Eldorado is of good quality and quite 

 productive. Snyder occupies about the same place that Ben 

 Davis holds among apples, but by good culture and careful 

 pruning to avoid too heavy a set of fruit, the quality can be 

 much improved. There is good demand for nice blackberries 

 and plenty of room for the man who will take pains to produce 

 fruit of high quality. The seashore resorts are crowded at the 

 time this fruit ripens. Much can be disposed of there at fancy 

 prices if one is so situated as to take advantage of this trade. 



