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only a limited quantity of ashes, would you recommend putting 
the ashes on the grapes and the manure on the other fruit? 
Dr. Frisselle: Ido not know whether ashes would be better 
for grapes than for strawberries; they are excellent for both. 
Mr. Brackett: Manure is not good for grapes. 
Dr. Frisselle: I putall the manure on my grapes I can get. 
It is wise to plant a vineyard on good rich land. There is no 
use in trying to grow fruit on land that is not properly ferti- 
lized. 
Mrs. Stager: I only havea little wood ashes, but every year 
I put on a lot of manure, and put it on the grapes. My grapes 
are so thick they are a show for the place. I manure them 
thoroughly every year. 
Mr. Pearce: I think everybody should study the habits of 
strawberry plants before trying to raise them. For instance, 
we take the Bubach, we take the Wilson; they are both nice 
plants; they are tolerably large plants. In the first place those 
varieties, and all such varieties, require nitrogen. They do not 
seem to require ashes, from the fact that they are overloaded 
with fruit. They should always be grown in the hill. These 
varieties should never be grown in matted rows; they should be 
confined to hills, with asoil rich and mellow. Now we will take 
a strong growing plant and plant it in hills and we will get no 
results; it will be a failure. Now make your selection. This is 
the tirst consideration. By that I mean you should never take 
a plant until you know the requirements of that plant. I take 
the Gandy, that is a very late crop and a very small, rapid 
grower; you cannot fruit it everywhere; it requires good soil, 
but it does not require soil as rich as the Bubach or the Wilson; 
it requires less nitrogen; all that variety wants is ashes, potash. 
It requires phosphoric acid. It wants something to produce 
buds and blossoms. We are not going to be confined to ashes, 
because we cannot get one-tenth of what we want. We have got 
to apply those other remedies; we must use our best judgment; 
we must not jump at conclusions, and we will get good results; 
we will get just what the plant wants. One variety we plant 
on clay ground; take another variety and it wants a light soil. 
To carry this thing further, I can show you a man who gets 
four hundred bushels to the acre. He confines himself to one 
or two varieties. He can grow the Wilson strawberry to per- 
fection. Nitrogen, nitrogen, that is the success. 
