DISCLSSluN ON STKAWBEUUIES. .'lit 



this to make the holes with, and a man can make the holes just 

 as fast as that. ( Illustrating. ) We have shipped a good many 

 plants taken up in that way. It is more expensive to take up 

 plants in that manner than it is to dig them up in the ordin- 

 ary way. I do not believe there was ever a better five acres of 

 strawberries grown than Mrs. Underwood had this year. How 

 they will turn out next year, I do not know. If we have a favor- 

 able season, she ought to have a very fine crop. 



Mr. A J. Philips: Can you give an estimate of the cost of 

 planting an acre in that way? 



President Underwood: No, I cannot. Mrs. Underwood 

 would know to a cent. 



Mr. Wedge: How" far apart do you put the plants? 



President Underwood: A foot apart in the row. Last spring 

 we planted two rows of "Warfield and one of Bederwood; the 

 Bederwood ran out, and then she put in Captain Jack. War- 

 field and Bederwood are her best plants for growing fruit, and 

 then Crescent and Bederwood and Captain Jack, two rows pis- 

 tilate and one staminate. If you can use this implement for 

 strawberries, it will please you. 



Mr. Wedge: What is the name of it? 



Secretary Latham: It is called the "Baldridge"' planter. It 

 was illustrated in one of the numbers of our Horticulturist. 



Mr. Brackett: It does not work very well in clay soil. 



President Underwood: No, it works best in loose, mellow 

 soil, 



Mr. Wedge: Will it work in very wet soil? 



President Underwood: You do not want to have your soil 

 wet; you do not need it wet. 



Secretary Latham: One of the gardeners down here at Fort 

 Snelling tried it and was greatly j^leased with it. 



President Underwood: They use machine planters now in 

 putting in strawberries, and .some of our Wisconsin friends can 

 probably tell us how successful they are. I understand they 

 use them at Sparta, but I am positive that there is nothing that 

 can be used that will give as a good growth of full rows of 

 strong plants as something of this kind. 



Mr. Brackett: Don't you cut your late runners otT? 



President Underwood: They grew so strong and vigorous 

 that they did not seem to want any help; they took care of 

 themselves. 



Mr. Philips: I saw this bed Mr. Underwood describes, and 

 it is a pretty hard bed to beat. I would say in reference to 



