-^1 State Horticxdtiiral Society. 



ern-grown plants, I would act upon the same principle as our seeds- 

 men. Most seeds are m.ore vig-orous grown in the north than in the 

 south. I certainly do not beliere in breeding plants from old, worn- 

 out beds, north or south. I would very much prefer to get plants from 

 the north rather than the south. 



(NORTHERN GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS VERSUS 



HOME GROWN. 



(E. S. Katherman, Warrensburg, Mo.) 



To the Members of the Missouri Horticultural Society assembled at 



Columbia, Greeting: 



I have been planting northern grown plants for some years and 

 have always had good results. Have planted 10,000 plants and got a 

 perfect stand, but can not say that much for home grown. My first 

 reason for using northern-grown plants is that when the spring is 

 late and we have showers through April with suft'icietit rains to keep 

 the ground too wet to plant, which is often the case, home-grown 

 plants have made quite a growth, sometimes blooming before the 

 ground is in good tilth to set plants. Northern-grown plants are much 

 later, and when we have them shipped south to ^Missouri they arrive 

 in a dormant condition, just right to plant. Then, if the planting is 

 properly done, the result will be a perfect stand of plants which is very 

 important for a profitable bed. 



Another advantage in Northern-grown plants is that the same 

 varieties will ripen earlier than home grown. The berry grower that 

 gets berries on the home market first gets the fancy prices. It is the 

 early bird that catches the worm. 



When a m.an doesn't set the right kind of plants and the right 

 varieties, he is wrong as long as he keeps that bed or sets another. 

 For good results plant Northern-grown plants, get them from some 

 reliable grower, plant varieties that do well in your county, suited to 

 vour soil, and you will raise fine berries, get a good price and you 

 will be happy. 



STRAWBERRIES— COMMERCIAL GROWING AND MAR- 

 KETING. 



(F. H. Speakman, Neosho, ]\Io.) 



In raising strawberries for local market if is of great importance 

 that every detail of the work from the selection of the site for plant- 

 ing, to the placing of the fruit within the consumers' reach, be given 



