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but allow canes to grow tall and more slender, to bend 

 more easily, and leave eight to twelve canes in each hill; 

 poor land, or light soil, less canes. Cultivate fine and 

 shallow until fruit ripens. Lay them down 5th to 15 of 

 November, or later if sure not to get caught by frost ; take 

 them up soon as frost is out in spring, and tie to stakes 

 evenly around, not all on one side ; cut back to convenient 

 height for pickers. 



Blackberries. — I grow the Agawam only, for market; 

 test few new ones occasionally; but have found none bet- 

 ter for me that are so hardy here. Set them same as 

 Raspberries and usually in October, and spray the 

 canes before buds start and again old and new growth, 

 as the first blossoms open, using same mixture as for 

 strawberries, and always make it fresh. 



Fay Currant is still my favorite, if I have any, but 

 sometimes wish I had not a bush of any kind. Price so low 

 past few years they have scarcely paid for fertilizer and 

 labor. The Stalk borer, now our worst enemy, is bound to 

 ruin them, and as yet no economical way to prevent its 

 ravages. Spraying has no effect, and with me the trouble 

 is about as serious as the galls on Raspberry roots, 

 no one as yet being able to prove the cause or find a sure 

 remedy. Professor Maynard says it may be produced 

 either by some insect or it may be a fungus growth. He 

 thought higher fertilizing might help some, or better, a 

 rotation of crops, which means root them out entirely and 

 set on new soil. 



With grapes I have had very little experience. Not 

 that I do not like them, but think my soil and location 

 not at all adapted to them. I do not think they will ever be 

 grown extensively in New England. Our early fall and 

 late spring frosts is much against it. They grow them so 

 cheap along the lakes in Western New York, where the 

 soil is suitable and have natural protection. Two years 

 ago last fall I went through some of the vineyards along 

 Lake Erie, and although we had been having freezing 

 weather here, there were hundreds of tons yet to be 

 picked. They were then delivering them aboard the cars, 

 along the road, at $5 per ton. At one small station eight 



