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half and each plant six inches apart, so we can run through and 

 cut the runners off. 



As to raspberries, I noticed what the brother said and I think 

 we make a mistake in putting our raspberries too thick. I have 

 mine five feet apart each way and have hills so that I can walk 

 in between. The more I thin out, the more berries I get. It 

 pays to lay down the bushes they will bear more berries the 

 next spring; I lay down all my plants, but yoM will have to stoop 

 over some. 



Mr. True — How do you trim in the spring? 



A, About a quarter to a third. I used to trim in the fall 

 but now I lay them down and trim in the spring. 



Q. Do you pinch back? 



A. No, sir, I do not. 



Mr. Atherton — In strawberries you prefer the hill culture? 



A. As a whole I do. 



O. What about blackberries? 



A. They are a good berry but I never could do much with 

 them. 



O. They are a good berry to market are they not? 



A. Yes. Of course the size has a great deal to do with that. 



Q. Do you give the blackberry about the same culture as the 

 raspberry? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Did I understand you to say that you planted raspberries 

 in the fall? 



A. Yes, sir. I planted about half an acre this fall. 



Mr. True — I would like to inquire about the Quoddy Belle 

 strawberry ? 



A. Where they were raising them down in Washington 

 county, they claim it was doing well. They were getting 

 twenty cents a box in Boston for them. [See Secretary's Port- 

 folio for descriptibn of the Quoddy Belle.] 



