No. 4.] SMALL FRUITS AND BERRIES. 115 



and that may make a difference, as it may be better suited 

 to that variety. Most of our soils here are more or less 

 sandy. 



Mr. White. How old are the bushes which yielded 12 

 quarts per bush 'i 



Mr. Wheelek. I think they were four years old. I 

 wouldn't be certain, but certainly they weren't over five; 

 conditions are such, however, that they can grow currant 

 bushes in New York in a year that will take us two years, 

 as their soil is ideally suited to that sort of bush. 



]\[r. Abker Toavne. How much land, set to strawberries, 

 could a good workman attend to during a season ? 



Mr. Wheeler. If planted in matted rows and he had a 

 horse to cultivate them an acre would keep him pretty busy. 



Mr. Roberts. Speaking of raspberries, did I understand 

 you to say that the Herbert needed no winter protection ? 



Mr. Wheeler. I have had it out in the worst kind of 

 places for four years, and I have never seen any winter 

 killing here, whereas the Cuthbert, under similar conditions, 

 has winter killed practically two out of three years, and I 

 know that the Herbert in southern Canada, where it origi- 

 nated, has never been killed under their winter conditions, 

 which sometimes register 40° below zero; so it must be very 

 hardy. 



Professor Rane. Do you consider the Black Cap profit- 

 able ? 



Mr. Wheeler. Hardly; I don't think there is demand 

 enough for them. I understand there are parts of the west 

 where it is grown profitably. It is very productive and the 

 crop comes in all at once, so that about two pickings are all 

 that are necessary. I thiiik if you could get 10 cents a quart 

 it would pay very well. 



Professor Rane. Have you ever seen the market glutted 

 with them ? 



jMr. Wheeler. No, but I have never seen a time when 

 you could sell more than a few crates. 



Professor Rane. That is a fruit I can't understand. I 

 was brought up in Michigan, and we used as many of the 

 Black Caps as the Red, but in New England you can hardly 

 get them. 



