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Plate XIX. Shacks in large strawberry fields, southern 

 Cahfornia, occupied by the Japanese laborers who rent 

 the land. Coldframe used as a cutting bed in sum- 

 mer bedding 228 



Plate XX. Box of 500 plants crated for shipping by 



freight or express. Plants bunched for mailing . . 230 



Plate XXI. Cheap greenhouse made of hot-bed sash, 

 used for forcing strawberries at Hackensack, New 

 Jersey. Potted plants plunged in cinders in a cold- 

 frame 257 



Plate XXII. Strong potted runner from a 3-inch pot 

 that was plunged in the field. Forcing crown from 

 a 6-inch pot. Unrooted runner of Pan-American 

 variety, bearing several half -ripe berries. (From L. R. 

 Johnson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.) A good forced 

 plant of Glen Mary, showing wire berry support . 260 



Plate XXIII. A four-row spray outfit in which the power 

 is derived from sprocket wheels. (From R. M. Kellogg 

 Co., Three Rivers, Michigan.) 269 



Plate XXIV. Brandywine, a standard sort under irriga- 

 tion in southern Cahfornia. Wilson, the dominant 

 variety from 1860 until 1885 292 



M. Kellogg 



1. Location of the most important strawberry-producing 



districts 



2. A strong runner plant 



3. Single hedge-row .... 



4. Triple hedge-row .... 



5. Spaced row. (Figs. 3, 4 and 5 from the R. 



Co., Three Rivers, Michigan.) 



6. Hallock box 



7. American standard ventilated box 



8. Octagonal or "LesHe" box . 



9. Heavy, iron-bound return crate . 



10. Form for making Leshe or Hallock crates. (From 



R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Michigan.) . 



11. The most common type of box carrier or "handy" 



12. Carrier without legs and with stout handle 



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