. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. BEST FORM OF SUPPORT FOR WINE-PRODUCING SORTS OF GRAPES to market that is commonly grown. However, if they are picked just as they are turning red, taken at once to the packing or cooling shed and handled with reasonable care they will be in their prime in from twelve to twenty-four hours. Berries picked in the morning ship better than those picked in the heat of the day, and under no circumstances should fruit be picked when the leaves of the plants are wet with dew or rain. Where berries are not grown in suffi- cient quantities to warrant the use of refrigerato
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. BEST FORM OF SUPPORT FOR WINE-PRODUCING SORTS OF GRAPES to market that is commonly grown. However, if they are picked just as they are turning red, taken at once to the packing or cooling shed and handled with reasonable care they will be in their prime in from twelve to twenty-four hours. Berries picked in the morning ship better than those picked in the heat of the day, and under no circumstances should fruit be picked when the leaves of the plants are wet with dew or rain. Where berries are not grown in suffi- cient quantities to warrant the use of refrigerator cars the Pony refrigerator should be used. Overripe fruit should be consigned to the cannery, and,never be permitted to be sent to any distant markets. The diflference in the growth of varie- ties makes it necessary to use different plans to get the best results for all varieties. For the convenience of this discussion I group all of these fruits into two classes, i. e.: "Upright growers," or such plants as produce erect canes^ and "viny growers,'' or such plants as the Logan and Phenomenal berries, and Evergreen,. GOOD WAY TO SUPPORT THE CANES OF SMALL FRUITS IN WINDY LOCALITIES Himalaya Giant and Early Mammoth blackberries, which produce long pros- trate vines or canes. The two general planting plans: "hill" and "continuous row" systems are about equally used in the commercial fields of the state. Each has advantages as well STATION, PULLMAN, WASHINGTON as disadvantages, and if not crowded either will give good results. The hill system affords the best opportunities for cultivation, air drainage, sunlight on all sides of the plants and ease of harvest- ing the crop, while the continuous row system permits the planting of more plants per acre without serious crowding. The "upright growers" may be profit- ably planted according to either system, but "viny growers" must be grown in hills or they become a dense hedge, makin
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