142 Bulletin 189. 



1. Did the use of fertilizers of any kind increase the yield ? 



2. Did they add to the iirnmess of the fruits ? 



3. Did they add to the color of the fruits ? 



4. Do you use conitnercial fertilizer every year? 



Grower No. 1 writes in reply to these questions : 



1. Yes. 



2. Yes, if used in proper quantities. 



3. Same answer as for 2. 



4. Yes ; cannot get good stand of vines without it. 



Grower No. 2 writes as follows : 



1. Yes. 



2. Yes, by the use of dissolved rock and potash. 



3. I could not say. 



4. I shall do so in the future. Have just had a lot put up of fif- 

 teen per cent phosphoric acid and ten per cent muriate of j^otash. 



This grower further says : '• I am much in favor of the use of 

 phosphoric acid, but I used a bone and potash fertilizer last year 

 applied in the fall with good results. 1 have taken the lead in 

 yield and large fruits at this place for the past two years." 



Grower No. 3 says in answer : 



1. The yield was twice as great as when no fertilizer was used. 



2. The fruits were hrmer where fertilizers were used ; in fact, no 

 claim was made by commission men that any of the fruit was soft. 

 However, where the nitrate of soda was used the fruit was softer 

 than where the other applications w^ere made. Further, my expe- 

 rience in growing strawberries has convinced me that nitrate of 

 soda is not necessary here. 



3. Where potash and phosphoric acid were used, the fruits were 

 better colored and better flavored than when nitrate of soda was 

 used. I shall never buy any more nitrate of soda for strawberries. 

 Neither shall I use green manure in the soil before the plants are 

 set. 



4. It pays to use commercial fertilizer on strawberries. The 

 application may be made before the plants are set, early in the season 

 after they are set, or during winter when the plants are in a dormant 

 condition. 



