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think this point has not been touched upon. I have in mind my own 

 experience. I was swindled by a vagabond strawberry plant salesman, 

 and it makes me angry every time I think of it. it seems to me that 

 there are several men that practice these illegitimate practices in our 

 profession, so the first thing that we must do is to be careful what kind 

 of plants we get, and be sure to buy of some responsible, first-class, legit- 

 imate grower. 



Now, as to varieties. I have tried several new varieties, but I have 

 found that it is pretty expensive to experiment. 



The first variety that I wish to mention in this line is our old friend, 

 Sister Warfield, if you will excuse the expression. She is certainly the 

 Queen of the field. No difference whether you have a heavy or a light 

 soil, if you have a good plant she will do all right. And it is an excellent 

 berry for canning purposes. Every customer that cans berries likes it. 

 There will always be berries the second year. I think it is without doubt 

 one of the best canning berries we have in the market. The Warfield 

 has been a standard for some time, and why should we forsake her now 

 and take up some new variety that we know nothing about. I believe I 

 would have had dollars where I now have only pennies if I had prac- 

 ticed this preaching. 



We find that the Excelsior is a good berry. We have the Excelsior 

 between two rows of Warfields this year. Our idea is to have it pollen- 

 ized well. 



On high soils or on light soils the Haverland is good, and I believe 

 it is good on heavy soils, and we can speak nothing but praise excepting 

 for its softness. 



The Bismarck is another one, but on our light soil it is a failure. 

 We have no more use for it. We have grown the Tennessee Prolific. 

 At first we thought it was all right, but we have discarded it. Our 

 reasons are that we ship berries and they will not ship well. 



The Clyde with us produced a good amount of berries, but no foliage 

 to speak of on our soil. On heavier soils I understand it is all right. 

 The Brandywine is another. Our first crop was immense. We thought 

 we had struck the keynote when we got our first crop of these. But it 

 failed ever afterwards. It didn't seem to come up to the standard. 



The Bubach is good. It is a splendid berry for our home market. It 

 is attractive. It has a rich, waxy, glossy appearance, and when it is 

 ripe is very good with us. 



We tried the Parker E'arl, but in our soils it did not prove what we 

 had expected. I understand that it is better on heavy soil. The Glen 

 Mary is no good on light soil. We have no use for it. 



We were very much pleased with the Ridgeway. I will tell you that 

 we were off of the farm for three years, and the man on the farm neg- 

 lected the strawberries. We carried over the bed that had been there 

 for three years, because it was a case of necessity. We found some 



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