48 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



A Member: How do you grow your plants for re-set- 

 ting? 



Mr. Wheeler : I grow those in matted rows, regular 

 plant beds, you have got to have plant beds to grow for re- 

 setting the next year. 



A Member : How many years do you leave those ? 



]\Ir. Wheeler : I have got beds only three years old, 

 it looks to me as if they would be good for three years more ; 

 it is simply a matter of taking care of them. 



A Member : Do you cultivate those plants at all in the 

 spring — do any weeding? 



Mr. Wheeler : No, not as a rule ; I rather leave the 

 mulch on them; the roots are very near the surface; it isn't 

 well to cultivate in the spring. 



A Member: Do you run the beds more than one year? 



Mr. Wheeler : Three years ; I have seen them seven 

 years in good condition. That is one advantage, getting 

 around that re-setting every other year. 



A Member : Do you cultivate the bed after you linisli 

 picking ? 



Mr. Wheeler: No, just mow it off. Yes; cultivate 

 during the summer ; after picking I mow off the tops and 

 let a new lot of leaves come up and then run the wheel hoe 

 just the same as I do before picking; take the mulch out 

 and away entirely. The second year's cultivation wasn't as 

 great as the first ; the second year's runners were not as 

 many as the first year. 



A Member: Do you spray your plants? 



]\Ir. Wheeler : Yes, sprayed them three times each 

 year. 



A Member : How did you avoid killing the bees ? 



Mr. Wheeler: Simply used Bordeaux; no arsenate 

 of lead. 



A Member: Didn't that poison them? 



]\Ir. Wheeler: I didn't see that it did; I sprayed very 

 early before the blossoms came out, and sprayed twice in 



