Addresses — Strawberries. 147 



Mr. B. F. Adams, Madison — I grow, at the present time, four 

 acres of strawberries; three acres of Wilsons, and one of other 

 sorts, Jucunda, Col. Chene}^ Charles Downing, and Downer's Pro- 

 lific. Our main crop, is, of course, the Wilson. We grow fruit for 

 market. We sell it here in this local market, and ship it to many 

 other points. We derive the most profit from the acre of mixed 

 varieties; not that they yield a larger quantity than the Wilson, 

 but the fruit averages so much larger and finer, and is so much more 

 attractive in market, that it sells for a higher price; last season, 

 when fruit was very low, it sold for nearly double. I think 

 there are many localities in this state, and all over the country, 

 where these varieties which I have spoken of, on this acre, can be 

 grown with success, and some of them be made to yield as high as 

 our friend Smith desires, two hundred bushels to the acre. I do 

 not know that the Jucunda can be made to yield that quantity on 

 a clay soil, on these white oak ridges, but it certainly can be made 

 to yield as high as one hundred. I have myself grown them at 

 that rate in that location, which is only a short distance from this 

 city, on a white oak ridge, half a mile from the lake, but it is a 

 variety. that is much better than the Wilson to ship; it is firmer, 

 and it goes into the market bearing a much more attractive ap- 

 pearance. 



Mr. Wood — My hopes are at present largely fixed on this Cres- 

 cent Seedling. I have heard it recommended so highly, and I have 

 so often failed in raising strawberries, because I failed to give 

 them the labor and attention that they required, that I have been 

 looking for just this strawberry, that would give something for 

 nothing; and I am sorry to have anything said in this convention 

 that shall dampen my hopes in the least, because I have procured 

 some of friend Kellogg and planted them, and I am going to cul- 

 tivate them next year; and if I ever have to touch them again, I 

 am going back on friend Kellogg. 



Mr. Q. J. Freeborn — I have raised strawberries for the last ten 

 years, and must say, I do not like to hear my old friend, the Green 

 Prolific, abused. Until I heard of the Crescent Seedling, I thought 

 that was the berry for a lazy man, but I guess I'll have to try the 

 Crescent Seedling. The Green Prolific with us will not stand a 

 particle of manure. In a virgin, sandy soil, it will produce a large 

 crop; we do not think it necessary to set them with the Wilson; 

 we have set them without, and had good crops, invariably. 



