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edge. When this plowing is done, he sows bone meal, and this is 

 all the fertilizer given. Care is taken to put the soil in pretty good 

 shape at this time. In three years, on the three-fourths of an acre, 

 he has made over $1,000. He was an ordinary day laborer, and 

 had to learn the business while he was growing the plants. This 

 seems to be a good idea for others with a small plat of ground. 

 This man sells only the large fruit, and the small is made into pre- 

 serves by his wife, who is working up a good market for it. This 

 fruit, graded as nicely as he does, sells first for fifteen cents, then 

 down to ten cents per box. Only once this year, on a Saturday, he 

 sold three boxes for twenty-five cents. His name is Henry Kirklin. 

 Mr. Baxter — Haviland makes us more money than anything 

 else. Clyde and Splendid are also leading varieties. We have no 

 local market, and ship to Minnesota and Wisconsin. We grow in 

 the matted row. The soil is rich — don't need any help on it. By 

 mixing Clyde and Splendid with Haviland, don't need any other 

 fertilizer. 



President Dutcher — What, if any, advantage in mixing varie- 

 ties of perfect and imperfect blooming sorts ? 



Col. Evans — A few varieties of perfect blooming sorts will 

 produce as many and as good fruit as any. What's the use of mix- 

 ing them in this case? My idea is, we all ought to select three 

 varieties that do the best for us. Take three and fill out the whole 

 season for home market, both early and late. For commerci8,l 

 planting, we use nothing but the Aroma in South Missouri. They 

 carry well and give satisfaction. In answer to question, nothing 

 better than Aroma, and Gandy, another good late berry, in the list 

 of perfect bloomers. 



G. T. Tippin, Nichols, Mo. — For fear my North Missouri 

 friends become too enthusiastic, I will call attention to certain facts. 

 I speak from my experience as a shipper for eight years. You 

 should study the notch in the market where you can get in first. 

 After this, determine the variety for filling this niche, and then 

 plant all one variety. I have had eight years' experience, cover- 

 ing the crop from Van Buren to Springfield. Often remarks are 

 made that are misleading and cause grave mistakes. Be careful 

 in planting for carload shipments. Select a variety best for ship- 

 ping. Those that succeed well in local markets often will not do at 

 all. I don't want to discourage local planting. I am of the opin- 

 ion that the Klondyke, as far north as Arkansas, is one of as good 

 berries as can be grown. For South Missouri, my opinion is that 

 the Aroma is better than the Klondyke. The latter is grown larger- 



