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the past, by the use of the old boxes, I concluded that the old 
boxes had gone by. 
Mrs. Kennedy: We buy our boxes of Wells & Co., and I 
have taken my berries down to the store, and have noticed the 
store keepers empty them out and have compared our boxes with 
some of the other boxes in the store, and two of our boxes 
would hold as many berries as three of the others. 
Dr. Frisselle: I would say, in answer to Mr. Perry, that 
when I order standard boxes I expect to get standard boxes. 
If I should order wine measure boxes, I should expect to get 
short boxes, but I do not order them. I order the standard 
boxes, that hold full quarts. 
Mr. Perry: Ihave used Mr. Smith’s boxes and Mr. Chand- 
ler’s for several years, and they are just the same. In regard 
to the large boxes, I will say that you cannot get the crates to 
ship them in. 
STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 
JOHN LITTLE, GRANTON, ONT., CAN. 
Our past experience has been our teacher, and after years of study we 
have come to the conclusion that good returns cannot be realized unless 
high culture is put in practice. 
It may seem useless to cultivate each week oraftera rain, as soon as 
the soil is in fit condition to work, but if you will follow this practice you 
will find much better returns. 
The following plan you will find successful: Never plow sod for berries, 
but use soil free from weeds, that has been worked before. 
In choosing soil for growing this fruit you should select moist clay, 
loam or sandy soil. Very few strawberries do well on light soll, they re- 
quire moisture, and by thorough cultivation, with plenty of manure, you 
can retain thi8 moisture in the soil. It is useless to try to grow fruit on 
poor soil, unless heavily manured. As a fertilizer we have found stable 
manure the best, and it heads the list; this should be made as fine as pos- 
sible; but if you desire to use any commercial fertilizer use bone meal, 
which stands at the head of the list. Remember that to get the best re- 
sults froni this it has to be applied one year before it acts as a plant food, 
so that it can be decomposed. Cow manure (separately), should not be 
used for strawberries. as it causes grubs, which destroy many plants. 
A remedy for the grub is plenty of manure, and if this is used you may 
expect very little trouble. This was very thoroughly tested some 
time ago, and where little or no manure was used, there was where the 
plants were destroyed. We believe that the best results can be obtained 
