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thing with such berries as the Clyde and the Senator Dun- 

 lap. 



Q. Does not the soil make a difference in the flavor 

 and the productiveness of the fruit? 



Yes. 



Q. Does not the firmness of the berry have something 

 Vb do with the fertilizer that is used ? 



Yes. And the irrigation also. My fertilizers for straw- 

 berries are chicken manure and sulphate of potash. I use 

 all that I can get on my strawberries. 



The raspberry is a profitable crop for us to raise here 

 in New England. Where I live the winters are so cold that 

 we have to protect the raspberries. I prune them twice a 

 year. I don't do any summer pinching because I want a 

 long withy cane that I can lay down in winter and cover. 

 We do not have as much trouble with raspberries in spite 

 of our conditions as is experienced in some other sections. 

 The Phoenix has done pretty well with me. I have planted 

 the Herbert and it has done well. It is fully as vigorous 

 as any. 



Q. Is the Herbert as large as the Cuthbert? 



About the same size. My raspberry bed is about 11 

 years old and is just as good as it ever was. Blackcaps 

 I cannot make grow. They have been a failure with me so 

 I won't tell you anything about them. 



The blackberry is a good crop to grow. It will stand 

 lighter soil than the raspberry. I lay them down in winter. 

 I trellis my blackberries and this trellis makes it easy to 

 cultivate and easy to prune. 



Q. What varieties of blackberries ?n 



The Snyder. 



Q. Did you ever try the Agawam? 



Yes. 



Q. What is the best? 



With me for market, the Snyder, but it is the worst 

 blackberry ever raised. I like the Erie and the Eldorado, but 

 they are soft and not good for market. 



We now come to what I consider is one of the best 

 fruits to plant today, the currant. You, here in New Eng- 

 land, are buying lots of your currants and gooseberries 

 from the Hudson River Valley. The San Jose scale has 

 cleaned out all of the currant bushes that used to be in the 

 gardens and these people are coming into the market for 



