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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Bartlett : We have been raising the 1017 for two years 

 now, and I have noticed the same tendency with it which Mr. 

 McBroom speaks of, that is, a tendency of part of the plants to 

 produce runners and part of them fruit. I have found that part 

 of them woi Id send out a lot of 

 runners with no fruit at all, and 

 some of them almost killed 

 themselves before the end of the 

 season bearing. I have noticed 

 the same tendency near our 

 place and also at the Fruit- 

 Breeding Farm. I think one 

 thing which we ought to keep 

 in mind in connection with that 

 fruit is the fact that it is a very 

 heavy feeder and requires more 

 fertilizer than the other ever- 

 bearing varieties, and possibly if 

 we gave this phase of the situ- 

 ation the right amount of atten- 

 tion we would overcome the ten- 

 dency the plant has of killing 

 itself by overbearing. I don't 

 think too much can be said in 

 favor of the No. 3 strawberry 

 or the No. 4 raspberry. We have 

 tried them out extensively on 

 our place, and they have given 

 the best of results, and I believe 

 there is no question but what the 

 No. 3 strawberry will supersede 

 the Dunlap strawberry, and the 

 No. 4 raspberry will very soon 

 take the place of the King and 

 the other varieties which we 

 have been growing. 



Prof. Beach : The No. 4 rasp- 

 berry grown at Ames, plants 

 sent us by Supt. Haralson, we 

 find hardy and vigorous and pro- 

 ductive and the fruit holds up 

 well. It evidently would be a 

 good market variety, of good 

 flavor. 



Mr. Husser: We found the 

 No. 3 strawberry to be a very 

 healthy plant; the berry stands 

 up very well, nice, bright color, 

 and they are solid, but I don't 

 think they come up in produc- 

 tion to the Senator Dunlap. But that will not discourage us to 

 keep them another year or two. Maybe the peculiarity of the 



New variety of June-bearing Strawberry 

 No. 937. Exact size. To be sent out next 

 spring for first time. 



