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throughout large gardens, we could see their conditions 

 were not so unlike ours, so we started into it. We couldn't 

 see but they were beating us out on quality and size by their 

 method of planting, and staking and pruning, so felt we 

 should recommend that some of our people here try it on a 

 small scale. I would like to hear from ]Mr. Taylor further, 

 his height of stakes, number of plants to the stake, and the 

 distance apart of the stakes. 



AIR. TAYLOR: That will depend largely upon the 

 variety used, upon the richness of the soil, and upon several 

 other factors. In the first place many of the Hudson Valley 

 people grow their plants in hills. There is no question but 

 tliat by growing them in hills with a stake in the centre, 

 limiting the number of canes to from five to eight — the 

 lower number being preferable — and by giving intensive 

 cultivation both ways they get a more superior product in 

 size and general attractiveness, and that a better appearance 

 v\'ill be secured rather than by growing them in the matted 

 roAV. The experience has been that the size and general 

 attractiveness, has been at the expense of yield, and in 

 Western New York without these trellises we usually secure 

 a large yield, but the product is not so high grade, and does 

 not have the finish as where grown in hills. Now, the height 

 of the stake would depend upon the character of the variety 

 grown. Last season it was my pleasure to be in one planta- 

 tion in the Hudson Valley where the Empire, a new red 

 raspberry which was introduced in the fall of 1915, was 

 being grown, and it was almost impossible for me to reach 

 the top of the stakes, and I saw pickers stretching out their 

 hands trying to pick large berries of this variety which were 

 i'.o high that they required stakes at least five to six feet high 

 to properly support the canes. Other varieties require 

 stakes from four to five feet. 



MR. JENKS : It seems to me most of us people are fairly 

 well situated to nearby, local markets. Last year we had 

 the markets here all to ourselves, but in past years we have 

 had to compete against The Hudson River people and they 



