Summer Meeting. 37 



The Bismarck is the best berry that we have had this year. It is sweet 

 and soHd as can be. The only objection is that it is not highly enough 

 ■colored. The Sample is a very nice berry. I have only a dozen plants 

 of the New York. It seems to be a large berry and very solid. The 

 Haverland is a beautiful berry. We also have the Aroma. The Excelsior, 

 Bismarck and Parker's Early are fruiting now. 



T. y. Kiser. — I live about 30 miles south of the Iowa state line. I 

 Iiave about one acre of strawberries on rich land. I keep them well 

 mulched with straw. The ones that have done the best with me are the 

 Clyde and Haverland. The Warfield does not do any good at all with 

 tne. 



Air. Evans. — We have some strawberry growers near us and they 

 raise berries in a large scale. They use Capt. Jack, Windsor, Cresent 

 and some Bubach. They are doing very well and we have not had a drop 

 of rain there since the 14th day of April. Now these are the only varie- 

 ties they grow there and the only ones they have grown there for years. 

 They increase their grounds every year. They were loading cars when 

 I left there. They get from $1.50 to $2 a crate for them. They are 

 sellino- on the track, too. Whatever vou do, sell on the track at your own 



liome. 



Member from Clay County.— I would name the Capt. Jack, Windsor 



and Bubach. 



Judge Miller. — I wont be with you very long any more, but I do 

 like to see my friends stand up for Capt. Jack. I am proud of it. The 

 Capt. Jack is not dead yet and I am glad of it, for I originated that berry. 



Question. — Why was it not included in your list of varieties? 



Miller.— "Modesty." 



Mr. Murtfeldt, Kirkwood, Mo. — We must remember that Missouri 

 IS a grand old State, but it is not all creation. We have a variety of 

 ^oil. One variety of berry may be the best here and another may do 

 the best there. So we can come to no definite conclusion. 



Mr. Atwood of Springfield, ]\Io. — It is my pleasure to go around 

 among the strawberry growers and I cannot help but think of Mr. Evans 

 whenever I see them selling on the track. They are selling them on the 

 track at Peirce City for $1.60. At Monett they are doing the same thing. 

 That is very encouraging. We have been working for two or three years 

 talking about selling on the track. This year we do it. A great many 

 people said we could not do so, but we are. Don't sell them any other 

 way. But I don't believe I would believe in dumping them into the river 

 if I couldn't sell them this way. No I think I would make them into pure 

 strawberry juice before I would do that. Now, if the growers will only 



