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me at the rate of 1,200 bushels of carrots per acre without any ad- 

 ditional fertilizers. Still I should not expect it would succeed 

 with the ground covered four feet deep with manure. As this is 

 early and a pistillate, we have been looking a long time to find the 

 " Bidwell." This seems to be just what the Crescent needs, and 

 if those who have but little time to cultivate will plant these two 

 kinds, they will not regret it. Peter B. Mead says of the Bidwell : 

 "A larger crop than any other in my collection,^' and Chas. Dow- 

 ning says, " Early and most productive of all." 



When we have two as careful men as these giving such recom- 

 mendations, we can tie to the kind and plant a thousand acres. 



Of profitable acres we have the record of Boyden producing 327 

 bushels, 15i quarts. Sold for $1,386.21. Again by another culti- 

 vator Boyden and Great American gave $1,181.00 from one acre. 

 The same cultivator gives the cost of one acre grown, picked and 

 marketed as $350. 



My estimate would be as follows: 



Cost of 14.520 plants @ $5 (set 23^x1 feet) $72 60 



Seven days planting 10 50 



Mulching at planting 5 00 



Cultivation the first summer 100 00 



Winter mulching 20 00 



Spring care 5 00 



Cost of plants standing one year $213 10 



Cost of boxes and picking 400 bushels @ 2 cts. per quart 256 00 



Cost of growing and marketing first crop $469 10 



400 bushels sold @ 8 cts per quart $1,024 00 



Net profit first crop $554 90 



Second years' care and cultivation $50 00 



Second years' boxes and picking 4U0 bushels 256 00 



$306 00 



Second years' crop sold @ $8 per bushel. $1,024 00 



Second years' net profit $718 00 



In these figures I have not added the cost of 40 tons of manure, 

 or preparation of ground before planting. 



I have given above a list of varieties, with which if half said of 

 them is true, any man may make his fortune. 



That the varieties are ever changing, one needs but to look at 

 the list of 400 names of strawberries given by Chas. Downing, only 

 16 of which are now in cultivation. We need a new list every six 

 months. I will add a few other kinds that have paid me abund- 

 antly well : Captain Jack, Green prolific, Chas. Downing, Cumber- 

 land Triumph, Sharpiess, Downer's Prolific, Red Jacket, Mt. 



