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winter. He always laid down his canes and covered them with a 

 little earth and was always sure of a good crop. 



jNIr. Wood remarked that no one around here now grows rasp- 

 berries to any extent; it involved too much extra labor and care. 



Samuel H. Warren said that raspberries were grown in his town 

 (Weston) to a considerable extent. He formerly grew the Cuthbert, 

 but had experienced a good deal of trouble from knot in the roots, 

 and he now grew a newer variety, the Marlboro. Raspberries 

 were not very hardy; he formerly kept a bed for ten years, now 

 he has to renew it about every four or five years. Speaking of the 

 Dorchester blackberry he said that he did not consider it very 

 hardy and, unless it was laid down and covered with earth, it was 

 a very uncertain crop. He preferred the Snyder and if he were 

 going to set out blackberries today it would be the Snyder variety, 

 although it was not ec[ual in quality to the Dorchester. 



He said that the success of the Clyde strawberry depended 

 wholly upon the season and that it was the Avorst of all kinds in 

 wet weather, for then it would rot badly. The Senator Dunlap, 

 a variety of recent introduction, though not a large berry, was of 

 extra quality. 



John Ward stated that the cultivation of strawberries had been 

 his occupation for the past sixty years and he gave some of the 

 results of his observations. 



The old way was to set out the plants in the spring and leave 

 them to grow in a matted bed, taking care not to have them cover 

 the ground too closely. In the last few years he had seen the 

 result of setting out plants in August and September, instead of 

 in the spring, and he had been inciuced, some five years ago, to 

 try that course. Taking the plants from the alleys of an old bed, 

 they grew slowly and made but poor plants to stand the winter 

 and bear fruit the next season. To have good, thrifty growth 

 they must be young, vigorous plants taken from plants set the fall 

 before, and if the ground becomes dry after setting water must be 

 liberally applied. 



Three years ago he set out a lot of plants about the middle of 

 August; the weather was favorable and they made a good growth 

 before winter. The land was fertilized with stable manure about 

 the same as for other crops, and in November they were covered 



