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extensively. The character of the market may affect the selection; 

 it may require early or late kinds. No variety has all the qualities 

 equally developed that go to make perfection. The newer, most 

 promising kinds should be tested in a small way and their local 

 value determined. Occasionally one may be found superior to the 

 older varieties. 



Fall-bearing varieties. — During the past few years considerable 

 interest has been aroused in this and other States to a group of 

 varieties called Everbearing, or Fall-bearing, varieties. Such kinds 

 have a tendency to bloom continuously from early summer until 

 late fall, and are grown in such a way as to mature the bulk of the 

 crop in August, September and October. There are over a dozen 

 such varieties on the market and it is possible to have the fruits 

 maturing during the fall months, and to supply the table for home 

 use. It is another question, however, if such kinds are to be grown 

 extensively for commercial purposes. There may be a limited 

 demand which can be supplied at prices ranging from 25 cents to 

 50 cents per quart. It is suggested that those who wish to grow 

 this class of varieties begin in a small way, testing out the value of 

 the several kinds, and increasing the size of the plantation as is 

 warranted by the success of the undertaking. The culture is the 

 same as for other strawberries except that the blossoms should be 

 kept picked off the plants up to the middle or last of July, and special 

 steps should be taken to have the soil rich and full of humus. Several 

 of the fall-bearing varieties make but few runners and should be set 

 closer than those that multiply more rapidly. The following is 

 a list of some of the Fall-bearing kinds : — 



Fall-Bearing Varieties. 



Advance Francis Productive 



Americus Iowa Progressive 



Autumn King Autumn Repeater 



Dewdrop Onward Standpat 



Forward Pan American Superb 



Sex of plants. — The sex of the variety should be known. Some 

 varieties have perfect blossoms, also called hermaphrodite, staminate, 

 bi-sexual or male. Such kinds bear flowers containing both stamens 

 and pistils, the center being a collection of many pistils surrounded 

 by short tube-like parts called stamens, at the ends of which is 

 produced the pollen. All such varieties bear fruit when planted 

 alone. Other varieties have imperfect blossoms, also called pistillate 

 or female. Such flowers lack the stamens. These varieties will not 

 bear fruit if grown by themselves with none of the other kind in 

 the neighborhood. About one row of the perfect-flowering varieties 

 is required to every two or three rows of the imperfect-flowering 

 kinds to insure fertilization of the blossoms. 



The blossoms are usually fertilized by bees and other insects. 



