and many other plants. In both California and New Jersey it is reported to do 

 greater damage to strawberries when they are planted within two years after a 

 crop of tomatoes. Verticillium v;ilt has been found occasionally on strawberries 

 in Massachasetts . One case was found last summer . 



One of the highlights of the conference was a report by Dr. G. M, Darrow 

 on his trip to Chile, South America, in search of breeding stock of the Chilean 

 strawberry. He found fields of strawberries in the mountains which had been 

 fruited continuously for perhaps a hundred years. The berries are so fira that 

 they are hauled to market in large wooden boxes holding 10 to 20 kilos ( a 

 kilo is slightly over a pound) in ox carts. They are then dumped in piles in 

 the store windows the way apples used to be dumped in this country. They are 

 quite poor in flavor according to Dr. Darrow. 



■J. S. Bailey 



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PRUNE THOSE RED RASPBERRIES 



Possibly no other fruit suffers more from the lack of pruning than does the 

 raspberry. There are at least three valid reasons why the red raspberry must 

 be pruned annually: 



1. The individual raspberry cm:& lives only two years. The first year it 

 starts as a tender shoot at or near the ground level and develops into 

 a mature, typically unbranched 6 to 8 foot cane by fall. The next 

 season this cane sends out fruiting laterals, Blossoms, bears a crop, 

 and then dies. 



2. The suckering habit of the red raspberry would soon result in a "brier 

 patch" with weakened cane growth and poor air circulation if no pruning 

 were done, 



3. Most pickers would fail to locate and pick too high a percentage of the 

 crop if the rows were left wide and the stand of canes too dense in the 

 row. Many of the lower buds, in particular, fail to develop into fruit- 

 ing laterals under such conditions. 



When and How . In view of the fact that the old fruiting canes die soon after 

 bearing their crop and serve as a source of infection for such diseases as spur 

 blight, all fruiting canes should bo removed immediately after harvest is over. 

 Such old green leaves as may still remain on these fruiting canes after harvest 

 have been found to contribute little, if any, food to the plant. Therefore, the 

 sooner they are taken out after harvest the better. 



During the late winter or early spring all one year canes of less than 

 average diameter should be cut out. There is plenty of evidence to indicate 

 that the large canes are the most fruitful ones. Having cut out all of the 

 weaker canes, the base of the row should be narrowed to approximately one foot 



