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them, put up as well as fresh. The great difficulty of getting 

 plants free from root gall and the increasing depredations of 

 the wasps and yellow jackets are discouraging to smaller 

 growers. About all they are able to do is to grow enough 

 for their families and the birds without selling a surplus. Of 

 course a good many have turned a surplus into the market. 

 One who had been selling from seventy-five to one hundred 

 dollars worth yearly from his garden plot told me that if the 

 bees kept at them he would never set out any more, and I have 

 heard many others say the same thing. Then, too, others 

 will not take the trouble to spray in order to protect the foliage 

 from the diseases and insects that prey upon them. Of course 

 there are different ways of looking at these things. Otherwise 

 there would be no use for us to gather here to discuss them. 



I consider it an honor to be called here, now for the third 

 time, to address this society on small fruit culture. 



The President : Now is the time to draw out from Mr. 

 Sharp all the information you can. to learn how to raise your 

 berries, and all about it. 



Mr. Sh.vrp: If there are any questions which you would like 

 to ask me, I will answer them so far as I can. 



Mr. Smith : How do you keep your vines healthy? 



Mr. Sharp : By spraying them. 



Mr. Smith: When? 



Mr. Sharp : T spray in the spring before the buds start. 

 Spray foliage just before the fruit buds open. 



Mr. Smith: What do you spray with? 



Mr. Sh.vrp: Bordeaux mixture, using a quarter of a pound 

 of paris green to fifty gallons of water. Of course if you are 

 spraying foliage it will not do to use too strong a mixture 

 without putting in some lime. I usually put in about two 

 pounds of lime. 



A Member: How do you protect yourself from the attacks 

 of hornets and bees? 



Mr. Sharp: I try to sprinkle water on them. I have not 

 got any way of protecting myself entirely from them. About 

 the only protection that I know of is to have the piece large 

 enough so that you can get some fruit for them and yourself 

 too. The only way to do is to have raspberries enough for 

 all. I think vou will have to feed them as we do the l)irds 



