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Strawberries in November- 

 We have been favored with a box of 

 strawberries on the vines grown at 

 Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. Miss 

 Bessie L. Putnam, our contributor, 

 says that in gathering them she went 

 out with a broom and swept away ? 

 thick layer of snow which extends all 

 over that part of the country for one 

 hundred and fiftv miles. Both blos- 



then having almost incessant rains, 

 they were dampened and placed in the 

 cellar to await the time when the 

 ground was dry enough to be put in 

 proper condition. At the end of ten 

 days it was discovered that they were 

 badly mildewed, and I then dug a shal- 

 low trench between showers and tem- 

 porarily 'mudded' them into it. 



"Not until the middle of June could 



STRAW TERRIES OX THE VINES RECEIVED AT ARCADIA FROM MISS PUTNAM IN 



NOVEMBER. 



soms and berries were under the snow, 

 and Miss Putnam states that she has no 

 doubt but that when the snow melts 

 there will be blossoms better than 

 those she was able to find. The variety 

 is known as the Progressive. Who has 

 had similar experience with everbear- 

 ing strawberries ? 



Miss Putnam writes : 



"My experience with the everbearing 

 strawberries covers but a single season, 

 and that one of extremely adverse 

 weather conditions, yet I am convinced 

 that the good reports of them from all 

 parts of the country are deserved. 



"Early in May I received one hun- 

 dred plants each of Americus, Superb 

 and Progressive, all with large roots 

 and in excellent condition. As we were 



they be properly planted, and fully 

 twenty-five per cent, were lost before 

 this time came. Specialists direct that 

 with spring planting no blossoms 

 should be allowed to form before the 

 middle of June or first of July, and 

 under the conditions above noted we 

 decided to pick all buds until August 

 1st. But the plants were so persistent 

 both in throwing out runners and form- 

 ing buds that about the middle of 

 July it was concluded best to let them 

 do as they pleased. And each plant 

 usually showed three or more clusters 

 of blossoms, and half matured and per- 

 fect fruit from that time until freezing 

 weather about the middle of October. 



"The fruit proved of good form, col- 

 or and flavor — as fine as the berries of 

 June. At present writing November 



