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Galusha. As to keeping down the weeds, if the grower will ma- 

 nure the ground as he ought to, and the Crescent Seedling or any- 

 other strawberry will grow thick enough, strong enough and rank 

 enough to keep down all the weeds, they will grow so rank that he 

 will have no berries. 



Mr. Tuttle — It seems, from trial, that they do produce large 

 quantities of berries. That has been the case on Mr. H. H. Smith's 

 grounds. His Crescent Seedlings have been fruited for five years. 

 He says he has not spent a dollar on that ground since the first 

 year, and he gets very large crops. These berries will not keep 

 the weeds down the first year, but the second year they grow a 

 foot high, the foliage perfectly covering the ground, and you 

 might as well try to grow weeds under a board as under that thick 

 foliage. 



Mr. J. W. Stone, of Fort Atkinson — I have been engaged in 

 growing strawberries for quite a number of years and I used to put 

 the Wilson ahead. One time I had four acres of Wilsons; no 

 others of any account. I tested several varieties, but relied on the 

 Wilson for the main crop. I find I can do better with other vari- 

 eties now. I stated here, a year or two ago, that the leaf-roller de- 

 stroyed the Wilson more than any other variety. I am entirely 

 free from that now; the leaf-roller drove me to test other varieties. 

 I have the Col. Cheney on my grounds, and can grow more quarts 

 to the acre of it for market, than I can of the Wilson. And I have 

 tested them this year by raising them side by side. My Wilsons 

 did not yield as many quarts, and the first Wilson berries that were 

 picked were not as good an average size as the last of the Col. 

 Cheneys. I am not particularly interested in the Col Cheney, any 

 more than in any other. I have now about half and half of Wil- 

 son andCol. Cheney; my main crop of Col. Cheney looked bright 

 all through the year. My Wilsons, though there were no insects on 

 them, rusted and were not as thrifty. I think strawberry growers, 

 those that are going to make a business [of it, had better look 

 for a hardier plant than the Wilson. I think we have them among 

 those now on trial. 



Mr. Kellogg — In relation to the Col. Cheney, it is good for 

 nothing unless grown with some other variety. 



Mr. Stone — I set every third row with Wilson. The way I set 

 them now is, one row of Wilsons and three rows of Col. Cheney, 

 and Cere is no trouble in fertilizing them thoroughly. 



