NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



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Glen Mary, 37 ; Wesley, 36 ; Van Deman 

 and Fountain, 32 each ; Irene and Haver- 

 land, 31 ; Anna Kennedy, 30; Jucunda, 23. 

 Lumping- together the results with all these 

 standards, it was found that the average 

 number of new plants developed from each 

 parent was 49. It does not take long to 

 work into a strawberry plantation at that 

 rate, does it? There is to be remembered, 

 also, the fact that while it is quite a common 

 thing to have failures with plants sent from 

 a distance, it is a rare thing to have failure 

 in replanting from your own parent stock." 



POSSIBLE YIELD OF STRAWBEERIES 



The wretchedly small yields obtained by 

 some strawberry growers are due either to a 

 too dry sandy soil or poor cultivation. The 

 immense yields that have been sometimes 

 taken from small plantations, prove what 

 great possibilities lie within our reach in the 

 growing of this most popular fruit. The 

 following statement concerning the yield of 

 this fruit would be ridiculed by some were 

 it not made by Prof. Macoun, whose veracity 

 no one doubts. He says in the Maritime 

 Farmer : 



" It is possible to grow 10,000 quarts of 

 strawberries on an acre of land in one sea- 

 son. At the Central Experimental Farm on 

 a small plot the yield has been as high as at 

 the rate of 13,934 quart boxes per acre. The 

 average yield obtained however is from 5,000 

 to 6,000 boxes per acre, but the higher yields 

 are something to work for. Further details 

 regarding the culture of strawberries are 

 published in the Experimental Farm's reports 

 and bulletins. More than 350 varieties have 

 been tested at Ottawa, of which the follow- 

 ing, after having been given a thorough 

 trial, have proven the best : P = pistillate or 

 imperfect flowers. B = Bisexual or perfect 

 flowers : 



Warfield, P. . . .Early For market. 



Beder Wood, B. ** Good pollenizer. 



Productive. 

 Glen Mary, B.. Medium For home market. 

 Greenville, P. . " Home use or home 



market. 



Haverland, P ..Medium Market. 

 Bubach, P " Home use or mar- 



ket. 



Williams, B " Market. * 



Buster, P Late Home use or mar- 



ket. 

 Howard's No. 41 



P " Market. 



*' In addition to the above, Marshall, B, 

 William Belt, B, Nick Ohmer, B, and 

 Brandywine, B, are excellent for home use 

 but are not as certain to yield well. Clyde, 

 B, is a heavy yielding berry some years, but 

 is uncertain, as it suff'ers badly in dry hot 

 weather." 



CHERRIES AND CHERRY BIRDS 



THE Board of Control of our fruit stat- 

 ions met at Maplehurst on the 5th of 

 July. The new varieties of Duke cherries 

 were of especial interest to the chairman, 

 Dr. James Mills. There were five varieties 

 noted down as suitable to keep up a succes- 

 sion for the market, and carrying immense 

 loads of fruit for their age, viz. in order of 

 ripening : — May Duke, Royal Duke, Cali- 

 fornia Advance. Late Duke and Louis 

 Philippe, the first of which is over long be- 

 fore the latter begins ripening. These 

 Dukes are a class of cherries which are a 

 mean between the sweet and the sour 

 cherries, and most desirable for all household 

 uses. The peculiar upright habit and the 

 close and continuous clustering of the fruit 

 upon the underside of the long upright 

 branches, at once distinguish the trees from 

 those of other classes. One special variety 

 of this class, the Reine Hortense, was espec- 

 ially admired because of its immense size, 

 and excellent flavor, but it is not as pro- 

 ductive as the others. 



I have had great trouble with cherry birds 

 this season, said Mr. Orr. I have shot two 

 hundred and fifty waxwings and in spite of 

 me they have eaten up all my Early Purple 

 cherries. That variety, we remarked, is the 

 first cherry of the season and it is especially 

 tender and tempting to the birds ; we have 



