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which swell rapidly and ripen evenly after setting. The berry of 

 this variety is firmer than Marshall or Glen Mary and may be shipped 

 to market much easier. The foliage, while of the large type is not 

 heavy enough to shade the fruits, making it a desirable variety to 

 grow either for table decoration or where individual plants are re- 

 quired to be set before each guest at dinner parties. This method of 

 serving strawberries is very popular, and well-grown plants bearing 

 from four to six high-grade berries command high prices. In our 

 local market they have sold for one dollar a plant and will sell in a 

 large city for from two dollars to tv/o and one-half dollars at Easter 



Fig. 3. — Showing progress of plant in cool house. 



time. The accompanying cuts show habit of growth and, to an 

 extent, the fruitfulness of this variety, although the first and largest 

 berries had been picked from each plant before the photograph was 

 made. 



At this writing, it is considered that the three leading varieties for 

 forcing are Glen Mary, Marshall and President, each possessing merits 

 of its own. 



Growing the Plants. 

 At the time of writing Bulletin 134, it was thought necessary to 

 give the plants several shifts between the two-inch pot that was 



