STRAWBERRIES BY THE ACRE. 1/5 



Mr. Cashman: Well, if we had not had plenty of rain they 

 would not have been thick enough. 



The President: I understood it was only one or two varieties 

 that did not runner well. 



Mr. Cashman : No, I do it with all varieties. 



The President : I understood it was only the Parker Earle. 



Mr. Cashman : It is more necessary with the Parker Earle, be- 

 cause it does not runner well. 



Mr. W. E. Fryer: How early do you plant in the spring? 



Mr. Cashman : The earlier the better. . 



Mr. Fryer: What is the object in setting the self-fertilizing 

 kinds separately? 



Mr. Cashman : There is no object, only it is easier to keep them 

 apart than it is when set with others. 



Mr. T. T. Bacheller: In seasons of very vigorous growth in 

 plants set in the spring, with an abundance of rain in the fall, is it 

 necessary to pinch off the runners in the fall or can they be allowed 

 full growth? 



Mr. Cashman : My experience is rather limited in regard to 

 those kind of seasons. The seasons in which I have had the great- 

 est success have been dry seasons. The last five or six years it has 

 not been necessary to pinch in any runners. We grow for plants 

 as well as for fruit. 



Mr. Fryer: I have grown strawberries very successfully and 

 never did any pinching. The largest crop we ever had had large, 

 hard berries. 



Mr. W. B. Mason : Have you noticed any difference in raising 

 plants when treated in that way? 



Mr. 'Cashman : I have not found any difference the last three 

 years. I find we cannot get too many plants in the ground, pro- 

 vided the rows are kept apart. 



Mr. C. A. Sargent : In the treatment of the old bed would they 

 not be dragged out in some places and left too thick in others ? 



Mr. Cashman : I use the Peter cultivator ; that has- a drag tooth 

 form, and I find by going over the bed two or three times it re- 

 moves enough of the plants. 



Mr. Sargent : Do you not find in cultivating the second year it 

 would take more off on the sides than it does in the center; does 

 it not work the row together more ? 



Mr. Cashman : The party who handles the cultivator knows his 

 business ; he can guide it where it should be. 



Mr. Sargent^ The best cultivator I have ever seen naturally 

 raises the rows a little. 



Mr. Geo. Widger : In my experience I have had the best success 

 in using a ten inch plow and a common drag, dragging the ground 

 thoroughly. After the fruit is picked you cannot do too much drag- 

 ging; you can go over it a dozen times. In dragging among the 

 plants it covers" a good many of them, but it is all the better for 

 those that are left. 



Mr. D. M. Mitchell: I have visited Mr. Cashman's nursery, and 

 I think his idea of e-oine- over the bed in the way he does is a good 



