Relation of Weather to Crops 101 



those set November 24 of that year failed to start. Those that 

 became estabHshed lived through the winter, grew well the following 

 spring, and survived the heat of summer well. Excelsior plants 

 set February 15, 1903, started promptly, grew vigorously throughout 

 the spring, few of them dying until the early part of August. During 

 this month about 75 per cent of them succumbed to the heat. Plants 

 of this variety set upon several dates during October of the season 

 of 1903, started quite well and made a fairly good growth during 

 the fall. Plants set November 6 and December 1 started and 

 became quite well established. 



Lady Thompson plants set December 2, 1901, started fairly well, 

 but did not become established and survive the winter well. The 

 majority of the plants of this variety set October 27, 1902, failed to 

 start, but the majority of those set November 27 of that year became 

 well established, made a good growth the following spring, and 

 survived the following summer quite well. 



Only a small percentage of Texas plants set October 27, 1902, 

 started and became estabHshed, but nearly all those set November 

 24 of that year became well estabHshed, made good growth the 

 following spring, and survived well the heat of the summer of 1903. 

 Plants of this variety set February 16, 1903, started weH, became 

 well estabHshed, and made exceHent growth until the hot weather 

 of August. During the latter month a few of them succumbed to 

 the heat, but most of them resumed growth when the cooler weather 

 of September came. 



The plants of the dififerent varieties mentioned produce fruit 

 at quite different times of the year in this region. The fruiting 

 period of the Arizona Everbearing is usually during April, May, 

 and June. While a few berries may be produced later in the summer 

 than mentioned, and a few are sometimes produced during autumn, 

 the amount is not sufficiently large to be marketed. The fruiting 

 period of the Michel is of about the same length, but begins some 

 earlier in the spring, extending from about the middle of March 

 to the first of June. The Excelsior begins blooming during Oct ober 

 ripens some fruit early in November, produces a considerable 

 quantity by the end of November, and, if the weather is not too 

 cold, produces a fair crop during December. Some fruit continues 

 to ripen throughout the cpldest weather of winter, during March 

 begins ripening in greater abundance, and continues to ripen through- 

 out spring until about the first of June. The Texas behaves simi- 

 larlv in this climate. It does not produce as much fruit during the 

 winter but produces more during spring, the season during which 



