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your customer's face as you offer the fruit for sale. Notice how they 

 pass the inferior fruit by, paying you 2c to 3c more per box for your 

 fruit, and then I don't think you will feel that your labor has been in 

 vain. 



Mr. Tippin — I want to corroborate Mr. Howard in what he says 

 of the Aroma. The Splendid, Dunlap and Sample are also among the 

 best commercial varieties. 



Wm. H. Barnes — We need to develop the real strawberry flavor; 

 for home use we want quality and quantitiy, not size. 

 Mr. Tippin — The Texas is likewise promising. 



Mr. E. S. Katherman, of Warrensburg, read some notes on a new 

 variety produced by Mr. Turner in Johnson county. The plant is a 

 strong grower, next to Haverland, and the berry firm. The report was 

 referred to the Committee on New Fruits. 



Mr. Wild of vSarcoxie also reported a new production, known as 

 No. 176, a cross between Warfield and Gandy, and a pistillate. The 

 Gandy characters prevail, the foliage is like the Gandy. The season 

 is before the Aroma, and it has fruited four years. If it is deemed good, 

 we shall put it on the market, growing it as a leading commercial variety. 

 The place is not occupied by any other variety. 



Prof. L. B. Taft — From the fruit I can say it is handsome, of even 

 size, and perfect in form. It is firm and superior in flavor tO' the Aroma, 

 and under good condition's ships well. If the plants are healthy it will 

 be valuable. 



Mr. Wild — The plants are good in all points. 



Mr. Dutcher — Victor Hugo, the only new thing from the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture is a staminate berry. The fruit is good 

 color and quality and prolific- There were only a few runners this year 

 and they all died and the old plants suffered in the winter. 



Dr. Whitten — ^Mr. Howard has been asked to report on the data 

 gathered from his trip in South Missouri, on the best means of hand- 

 ling the strawberry business. 



Mr. Howard — On this trip I saw the details of picking, packing 

 and loading the fruit. The thing that impressed me most was that 

 strict business methods are required for this, but such are not always 

 used, and in those cases the growers suffer. 



The lessons learned are not to be lax about watching the pickers, 

 one field boss is needed for each twenty-five pickers. If you do not have 

 this, many poor berries are allowed to pass and the official judge rejects 

 them at the end. No berry less than three-q-uarters of an inch in di- 

 ameter should be picked, as less than that size will not pass the buyer. 



