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THE CHAIR]\IAN: This discussion will appear in our 

 iumual report, and those who are members will get it in the 

 ]'cport. It only costs $1. for membership. "We have another 

 fjuestion here, "How can snow be prevented from breaking 

 down raspberry canes in the winter?" Can you say any- 

 tliing on that, Mr. Aiken? 



i\IR. AIKEN: I do not know that there is any sure 

 remedy for that. That is one reason why I do not like to 

 prmie the green plants because they send out branches, and 

 these side branches suffer from snoAV. I do not know that 

 there is any rule you can go by unless you set them where 

 the snow does not drift. If the snow does not drift on them, 

 they are not very apt to break down. 



A MEjMBER: By leaving the old canes all the winter 

 that will tend to prevent the breaking of the new ones. 



I\IR. DAVENPORT : I want to know if you consider the 

 St. Regis a commercial variety. 



MR. AIKEN: I do not think it is, as a rule, not if you 

 can raise other varieties. If you set out the St. Regis, in the 

 fcill you get quite a nice lot of berries, but not enough to pay 

 for raising that kind for fall berries. When it comes to next 

 spring, your St. Regis will come in bearing about a week 

 before the IMarlboro, in June, right in the middle of the 

 strawberry season, and when the Marll)oro does get ready 

 it is so much larger than the St. Regis that you can hardly 

 cifford to pick the St. Regis. 



THE CHAIRMAN: Does it pay to pinch back the new 

 growth of red raspberries in summer? 



MR. AIKEN: We do not believe in pinching back the 

 red raspberries in summer, because they send out the lateral 

 branches and get a whole lot more fruit buds and a great 

 ]»any more berries than if there is a single cane, but these 

 berries are a great deal smaller, and if you pinch them back 

 in the spring or cut the tops off in the spring, they will send 

 out these laterals which will be fruit spurs instead of 

 branches, and you v;ill get much larger berries on rich land. 

 In practical growing I do not think it pays to spend time in 



