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Go through the same process of coverhig with straw the 

 next winter, and also the same process of mowing oiT and har- 

 rowing the next summer. If this is properly done a strawberry 

 bed may be kept up for five or six years, but ordinarily it is 

 better for the farmer to set a new bed every year. 



About varieties — the same varieties which do best for the 

 market grower do best for the farmer. Such varieties as Senator 



Senator Dunlap strawberry. 



Uunlap, Bederwood and Warfield are perhaps the best for all- 

 around purposes. I would advise the farmer to get all self-fertil- 

 izing varieties, and then he will not be afraid of getting mixed 

 up when planting time comes. One thing I should mention and 

 that is, do not try to plant a new bed with old plants ; they will 

 give very poor results, and you will get nothing for your work. 

 Get good plants, good varieties, and wath the care I have advised 

 every farmer in Minnesota can raise all his own berries and 

 will wonder how he ever managed to get along so long without 

 a strawberry bed. 



