FALL FRUITING STRAWBERRIES 



ARE there any varieties of strawberries 

 that can be relied on in Ontario to 

 produce crops in the fall ? Apparently not. 

 Leading growers in the province who have 

 "been consulted by The Horticulturist, all 

 state they have never been able to obtain 

 regular crops of strawberries in the fall 

 although occasionally they have succeeded 

 in securing a few berries. In the United 

 States some growers claim to be able to 

 secure berries regularly every autumn. 



Writing to The Horticulturist on this 

 point, Mr. W. T. Macoun, Horticulturist at 

 the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 says : 



" The year 1903 was particularly favor- 

 able for an autumn crop of strawberries, 

 and the question of autumn fruiting varieties 

 received quite an impetus, but in our 16 

 year's experience at the Experimental Farm 

 we have not found that any variety of straw- 

 berry produced enough fruit in the fall to 

 make it worth growing for that purpose." 



According to Charles H. Snow, Straw- 



Profitable Patch of Blackberries 



U/'~\ NE and a quarter acres of blackber- 

 \-J berries have for ten years past 

 yielded us an average of $200 per acre," 

 said Mr. A. E. Kimmins, manager for Mr. 

 E. D. Smith, the well known fruit grower 

 of Winona, to an editorial representative of 

 The Horticulturist recently, who was visit- 

 ing his place. " The berries are all of the 

 same variety, namely, the Kittatinnies. The 

 land has been given no particular cultiva- 

 tion, simply receiving the ordinary cultiva- 

 tion, consisting of plowing and the use of 

 the horse cultivator. The bushes are set 

 six feet apart so they may be cultivated 

 readily. 



" In the fall the old wood is removed and 

 the bushes are trimmed back in the spring, 

 generally in j\Iay. This variety of berry is 

 about the most profitable in our section, but 



berry Specialist, Cummings Bridge, Ont., 

 the fall fruiting of strawberries is not at- 

 tached to any one variety. " Clyde, Haver- 

 land, Beder Wood, Sin, Dunlop, and En- 

 hance," writes Mr. Snow, "possess this freak 

 at times, and to my knowledge only when 

 the plants have suffered some injury at the 

 proper time for fruiting. During the year 

 1903 for instance, the month of May and 

 June were excessively dry around Ottawa. 

 The plants blossomed but never made any 

 fruit to amount to anything. The fruiting 

 propensities of the plants had been strongly 

 restricted, and when the rains came about 

 July, the plants shot up, a fresh beautiful 

 green foliage appeared and many strong 

 fruit crowns. The result was that during 

 the latter part of September and previous 

 to fall frosts, we picked quarts of fine lus- 

 cious berries off numerous varieties. En- 

 hance has had this reputation for fall 

 fruitage, but after growing it for 15 years, 

 only once in that time have I noticed it 

 fruiting in the fall." 



outside the peach belt will probably be 

 found to be rather tender. Twelve years 

 ago the land on which these berries are now 

 growing was an old pond bed, filled by a 

 spring. Mr. Smith decided to drain it, 

 which was done at moderate expense. The 

 investment has certainly been a profitable 

 one." 



■' I do not plow my vineyard in the fall, 

 because it exposes the roots too much to the 

 winter frosts. I plow in the spring, and 

 h-'rrow and cultivate until the middle of 

 A.ugust. Nature is then left to attend to it 

 until the following spring." — (A. W. Peart, 

 Burlington, Ont. 



We 'trust The Canadian Horticulturist will 

 continue to improve, as we consider it an au- 

 thority on horticultural matters. — (J. A. Sim- 

 mers, seed merchant, Toronto, Ont. 



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