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Ques. lu regard to propaojatiug gooseberries aad curraats? 



Aas. Currants are readily propagated. la the fall after the foliage is 

 off cut the new wood of the season's growth into sticks six or eight 

 inches long, as may be most convenient. An eleven inch stick you could 

 cut in two, but you could hardly do this with an eight inch stick. Try 

 to make them six or eight inches long; then take those cuttings and 

 bunch them up, putting the tops all one waj-, and bury them in sand iu 

 the cellar, or if j^ou wish in a side hill where there is a good drainage ; or 

 plant them directly in the field where they are to grow. Plow a piece of 

 laud in October — plow it thoroughly, and stick them in the ground with 

 a dibble, or iu any way to get them so that they will be level with the 

 ground. Tread them down and cover them with a heavy mulch. In the 

 spring take off" the mulch and tread down again. I prefer to put them in 

 in the fall. Many keep them in sand and put them in in the spring. 

 Gooseberries may be treated in the same waj^, but unless you have a cool, 

 moist spring not more than forty per cent of them will start, and not 

 more than half of those will take root and make a good growth. The 

 general custom of most propagators of the gooseberry is, in midsummer 

 when the plants are growing well, to bank right up around the bush with 

 earth three or four inches above where the sprouts are growing, and the 

 most of this young growth under the earth will take a little root. In the 

 fall cut those off, and in the spring plant them in nursery rows. 



Ques. What are the qualities of the Moore's Ruby? 



Ans. It is one of those new varieties that none of us know very much 

 about. I know that it originated with Jacob Moore, of Brighton, N. Y., 

 but I know nothing about it myself, onlj- as I have seen the samples of 

 fruit. It is of the Fay tj'pe, not quite as large^ia berry but a little better 

 bunch, perhaps. 



Ques. What can j-ou tell us about the Prince Albert? 



Ans. It is another one of the newer varieties that is not generally 

 grown. I think it originated in Indiana, and I believe it is grown a little 

 in Central and AVestern New York, but I know nothing about it from 

 experience. Mr. Willard of Geneva thinks very highly of it. It is a 

 good grower and a good bearer but of a poor quality. 



Ques. What about the Long Branch Holland? 



Ans. It is fair, but not so good as the Victoria iu anj' wav. A good 

 many nursery men put this out for the Fay. 



Ques. What are you raising for a commercial strawberry now? 



Ans. I am planting more of the Greenville than an j-thing else. 'I'he 

 Greenville, Bubach, Lovett and Princess I am planting most extensively. 

 I have 2.5 acres in commercial fields and those varieties predominate. 

 Then t have man}' other varieties iu test lots. 



Ques. Have you tried the JMarshall? 



Ans. I have. It is a vigorous growing plant with heavj' foliage, but 

 it is rusting and it is not a safe plant to put out. It grows some large 

 berries of good quality but not iu great quautit3^ I paid ten dollars a 

 dozen for the plants that I bought, and I have several thousand now that 



