STRAWIiERRY NOTES. 



'II.I.IAiMS is one of the liest 

 varieties here, the only faul' 

 is the white tip. But the 

 berry is firm, large, good color and first 

 rate quality. Plant healthy and vigorous. 

 Haverland stands hot dry weather better 

 than any other and carries its size well 

 through the season. Timbrel! for home 

 use can hardly be surpassed for high 

 quality, delicious flavor, but it won't do for 

 a commercial berry, as it is too soft for 

 shipment, and does not color well. I 

 see that Mr. Stevenson says that if you 

 give it lots of potash it will color all right. 

 Well, I mean to try that. Its an easy 

 matter, just scatter .some good fresh hard- 

 wood ashes over the plants before the 

 fall rains set in, and it is surprising what 

 a large dose of fresh ashes the strawberry 

 plants will stand without injury. I have 

 tried it and know whereof I speak. Mr. 

 Stevenson is right ; they all require 

 plenty of potash. 



Little's 44 has done well this year, pro- 

 ducing a good crop of fine large berries, 

 quality first class, delicious flavor, but 

 too soft for shipping. The foliage is the 

 healthiest of any plant I have yet tested, 

 and on account of its good quality, large 

 size and good color, it should have a 

 place in the home garden. Anyone who 

 grows a patch of strawberries for home 

 u.se should give it a trial. Marshall, 

 Noble, Beauty are failures here. W. 

 Belt produced a few fine large berries, 

 but very few of them ; I will give it fur- 

 ther trial before discarding it. H. W. 

 Beecher won't pay for the ground it oc- 

 cupies, and unless it does better ne.xt 

 ■year it will have to go. Aroma, has 

 risen in my estimation this year. It is a 

 andsome berry, good color and quite 

 firm. If it does as well next year I shall 



plant it largely for crop. It is medium 

 to late as regards its .season. Brandy- 

 wine is a good berry, fine color, large 

 and of good quality, a good [wllenizer as 

 it is rich in pollen, but scarcely produc- 

 tive enough Warfield is productive but 

 needs high culture, and won't stand hot 

 dry weather ; berry moderately firm, 

 dark red, fair size, but very poor fiavor, 

 insipid in fact. I would not can it for 

 my own u.se at all. It lacks the true 

 strawberry flavor. Of all the varieties 

 tested, and their name is legion, we have 

 not yet found the perfect strawberry. 

 Wilson's Albany in its day was about as 

 near it as we will ever get I fancy. There 

 are hosts of new varieties, many of them 

 fine to look at, yes, and of fine quality, 

 but when you pick them twice they are 

 done Or they are too soft to handle or 

 there is some fault. The ideal berry 

 must be large ; the larger they are the 

 better they sell. It must be firm. It 

 must not set too much fruit on one stalk, 

 so that it will carry its size through the 

 season. It should have bright red color 

 and good tla\ or. It should color all over 

 at once ; no while tijis, and aliove all pro- 

 ductive Foliage healthy and free from 

 rust 



The luan who originates such a berry 

 will he a great benefactor. 



I find by experience that it pays to 

 grow the very best ; the best you can 

 grow are none too good for \our market. 

 You will never find the market glutted 

 with first class berries. My advice to 

 intending growers would be, always make 

 quality the first point, and when your 

 reputation is once established the rest 

 is easy. 



G. C C.VSTON. 



Craighuist. 



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