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Mr. Spiarp: Oh no, I do not. There is nothing that suits my 

 taste so well as a Cuthbert. 



]\1r. Moore : Do you pinch back the young canes or let them 

 grow ? 



Mr. Sharp : Here is a photograph that will show you how 

 they look now. Of course we hold them back so as to prevent 

 too much growth. 



Mr. Moore : I would like to ask also, if the gentleman is 

 troubled with the disease called anthracnose? 



^[r. Sharp: Not on the red raspberries. I have seen it on 

 the black. 



]vIr. ]\Ioore : What varieties do you raise mostly ? 



Mr. Sharp : That's what I was speaking of a minute ago. 

 The Cuthbert does the best with me. 



Mr. Moore : And as I understand, you cut back the canes. 

 How much do you cut them back in the spring? 



Mr. Sharp : I think it is a good plan to keep them down 

 to about five feet if you can. The canes will run up sometimes 

 eight or nine feet high in good ground. If you pinch the canes 

 back too much it makes a very stocky bush and then there is 

 a little pendage which comes out. It is our practice to hold 

 them back as much as seems best. In Berkshire County we 

 sometimes take off four or five inches, unless the field is on 

 exceptionally high ground and is well protected. 



I have been growing the Cuthbert now for a good many 

 years. 



A Member: How do yoit grow them, that is as to distance 

 between plants in a row, and how far apart are the rows? 



Mr. Sharp : I have grown them every way. Five feet each 

 way and 4 by 6, and 4 by 5, but I have come to the conclusion 

 that 5 by 6 is the best. 



Mr. Innis: What is the best variety of red raspberries now? 



Mr. Sharp: I do not know. Of course a good many would 

 differ about that. The best I have ever found is the Cuthbert. 

 That has done the best with me. It bears well, and I think as 

 a rule it is more hardy. 



A Member: Are you familiar with the '"Munger" black rasp- 

 berry now being advertised by some of the nurserymen ? 



Mr. Sharp: I have known about it for a good while but 

 have not tried to grow it for ten years. My soil is a heavy 



