QUESTIONS 269 



PROJECTS, EXERCISES, AND SURVEYS 



1. Raspberry projects. — Grow a patch of red or black raspberries using 

 the best methods of setting, pruning, training, culture, harvest, etc. Market 

 the crop and compare the income with the total cost. 



2. The patch may be taken into the project after it is already started. The 

 financial results will be more satisfactory if each year's expenses are charged 

 against its crop. Careful records should be kept. 



3. Other Projects with Bush Fruits. — Projects should be planned and 

 conducted in a similar way with blackberries, gooseberries, currants, and per- 

 haps with blueberries or cranberries. 



4. Practice in setting the different bush fruits should be provided each 

 student. The work may be either at school, at home, or on some neighboring 

 place. 



5. Propagation of bush fruits of several kinds will furnish good practice 

 to students. 



6. Pruning bush fruits of all kinds is excellent work for short time exercises. 



7. Picking berries and keeping records for large picking crews is good 

 practice. This work may be accompanied with practice in sorting, grading, and 

 preparing berries for market. 



8. Surveys regarding bush fruits may be made in the region to determine 

 a number of points: (1) best varieties of each kind grown, (2) distances of 

 setting, (3) cultivation, (4) fertilizing, (5) methods of pruning and training, (6) 

 yields, (7) disposal of crops, (8) age and duration of bushes. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What types of raspberries and what varieties are grown in your region? 



2. Give directions for setting raspberries; blackberries. 



3. What methods are used in propagating the young plants? 



4. What inter-cropping is allowed in young patches of bush fruits? 



5. Give the annual pruning and training for raspberries, blackberries, currants, 



gooseberries. 



6. Is winter protection advisable for any of the bush fruits in your region? 



If so how is it accomplished? 



7. Describe the harvesting of berries of each kind. 



8. Give some ways of saving each of the kinds of berries or their products for 



winter use. 



9. What are the chief insect enemies of the bush fruits in your region? Give 



remedies for each. 



10. Give the same regarding the chief diseases. 



11. Discuss the different groups of blackberries. 



12. Describe the propagation of blueberries. 



13. What are the purposes of flooding a cranberry plantation? 



14. Describe the propagation and planting of cranberries. 



References. — U. S. Farmers' Bulletins: 181, Pruning; 643, Blackberry 

 Culture; 728, Dewberry Culture; 860, Cranberry Insect Problems; 887, Rasp- 

 berry Culture ; 900, Homemade Fruit Butters; 1024, Currants and Gooseberries; 

 1081, Cranberry Diseases; 1128, Aphid Control; 1211, Home Canning. 



