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expect to do it ourselves. We go through and cut out the 

 old canes as soon as the picking is over, and we then tie 

 them up, about 2 strings loosely; I say loosely, not quite as 

 tight as we do in the spring, but still fairly snug and we 

 leave them that Avay till spring, and then we go through in 

 the spring and tie them again, leaving the original strings 

 on and then making them secure. 



THE CHAIRMAN: One stake right in the center of the 

 hill ? 



MR. PALMER : In the centre of the hill and they grow 

 very high with us. We raise nothing but Perfection, and 

 we have six foot stakes, and they are tied very firmly to 

 these stakes. The advantage of having them so far apart 

 is this ; we claim that we can get as many plants to the acre 

 of berries five or five and one-half feet, on the s(|uare, culti- 

 vated both ways. 



THE CHAIRMAN: And cultivated almost every day, 

 aren't they, ^Ir. Palmer? 



MR. PAL^MER: Every day during the picking season 

 ;:nd twice a week during the spring until the time we pick 

 them. They are about six feet tall and the first two years 

 they are in bearing they are not cut back at all. This 

 r-pplies only to the Perfection raspberry, and is not a good 

 practise on many other varieties that I can mention. The 

 Perfection throws out a very large arm two or three feet 

 long and they need room, and on a measured acre in com- 

 jarison with a neighbor who usually had them closer to- 

 gether, I found that I was picking a great many more 

 berries to the acre than he was. The main advantage, 

 iiowever, is this: we have found that the condition of the 

 berries when they reach the market is vastly superior if 

 they have had plenty of room and air and sunshine around 

 tl)em. T had that illustrated last year very strikingly. 

 The man who was buying those berries every day came 

 around one day and told me that the market was very weak 

 {.•nd that he could not pay me within 3c. of what he had tlie 

 day before, and I told him I was very sorry but he could 



