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your two or three inches of sand. It won't do, by any 

 means, in the interior of the State ; six inches is better. 

 When you do a thing, do it well. Then, in the interior of 

 the State you are not obliged to re-sand » if you keep your 

 grasses out, neither are you obliged to fertilize ; you have 

 it all there for an indefinite period of time. If your vines 

 get too bushy, cut them oiF, or take out part and let them 

 grow again. If you do that, nothing more is needed. 



Now, in reference to planting. I set eighteen inches apart 

 right down throus-h into the rich meadow mould. That is 

 what all Cape growers say is dangerous. They say you 

 should not have a rich soil because they run to vines. If 

 you will plant them eighteen inches apart and give them a 

 chance to get at the rich soil you will not be troubled, 

 because your runners come from the sand, therefore you are 

 saving the meadow from a superabundance of vines and are 

 getting a crop. Now, in reference to the crop. The interior 

 will give as large a crop as the Cape. As to the grass, I 

 was speaking to one of the largest cranberry growers in 

 Plymouth County, and he said he would not take a grass 

 meadow as a gift. That is the opinion held in many parts 

 of the Cape, because of the persistency of the grass. 

 Nevertheless we find them profitable, and if we could be 

 sure of security against frost, and had a proper supply of 

 water, it is as safe to plant in the interior as on the Cape. 

 The method of setting vines which Mr. Edson has described 

 may be the best on the Cape, but I do not believe it is in the 

 interior, for the reason that, for the first two years, if set 

 as I recommend, a dozen or a score of vines coming up in 

 their place and runners starting, you can cultivate and keep 

 down the weeds with much less expense. 



The Chairman. The time for this interesting discussion 

 has expired, and the discussion will be continued at the hotel 

 between Mr. Edson and Mr, Stockwell. We are now to 

 take up the next subject, which is on the cultivation of the 

 apple, one of the most essential fruits of New England. 

 We are disappointed in not having a paper to be read on the 

 subject, the occasion of which the secretary will explain. 



Mr. Sessions. On the twenty-seventh of last month, too 



