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has berries during all of June and until July 4. I am impressed with the 

 use of Haverland with Dunlap as a fertilizer, and have planted them 

 so for 16 acres, and will be able to tell in another year how it will do. 

 Dunlap is a rank plant producer. We plant Dunlap every third row, with 

 two of Haverland between for berries. If we were sure of Dunlap fruit- 

 ing well and the quality, we would put two rows of it. 



Mr. Goodman — You will not be tl'sappomted in Dunlap. 



Mr. Wayman — As to plants, it costs as much to dig and pack 1,000 

 of Clyde as it does 2,000 of Warfield. We have Warfield and Haver- 

 land most extensively. The Gandy has paid by far the best returns, 

 because it comes onto the market when there is no competition. Our first 

 picking was from a north slope last Monday, June 5th. We are planting 

 other varieties, such as Haverland and Warfield, which bear more per 

 acre than Gandy, so as to have a car-load at a time for shipping. But we 

 are not so enthusiastic over car loads as over the local sales. 



Mr Tippin — A car load should be of one variety. 



Mr. Wayman — We fertilize Crescent and Warfield with Excelsior, 

 and now also with Dunlap. I want to inquire concerning the Klondike. 

 We are planting that a little. We are favorably situated as our crop comes 

 on after the berries from the south part of the State are out of the way. 



Mr. Tippin — The Klondike in the South is proving a bonanza, es- 

 pecially in Alabama and Louisiana, but it is a question if it will be a 

 success on a heavy soil. We are testing it, and if we can grow it medium 

 well we need not fear to plant it, for it has a high color, being red all 

 through ; it is a good shipper and holds up well and is good in quality. 



Mr. Wayman — The home market people want it, but we are not 

 sure yet of its being a success. 



Arthur Wild — I feel somewhat presuming in getting up before the 

 older fruit men, and do not wish to dictate to those of longer experience. 

 Sarcoxie has been one of the most successful points in strawberry 

 growing. The soil is well drained, red land and is the best for our pur- 

 poses. In renewing old beds, our method is to bar off and cut down 

 with a plow to a six-inch row. If the rainfall is plentiful, we use the 

 disc harrow and run it lengthwise. This cuts the edges of the row, 

 and so we get a larger number of new plants; then we cultivate till the 

 ground is mellow, and fill up the rows next to the plants, so the ground 

 will not dry out. We grow Haverland fertilized with different varieties, 

 and find it did well with Aroma; also with other kinds. The Gandy Asso- 

 ciation for a time grew this variety exclusively and found it profitable. 

 Lester Lovett is said to be later than Gandy, but part of the fruit ripens 

 the same as the Gandy, though on some soils it was later and it lasts 



