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 YIELDS 



space, and was convinced of the yield. Mr. 

 Charles Wiley writes : " On a small plot in Bay 

 Shore, on the place on Park Avenue which I sold 

 to Mr. Cartwright, I raised at the rate of 35,000 

 quarts to the acre of strawberries." That would 

 carpet over two-thirds of the acre with a layer of 

 good-sized berries. 



Perhaps the most wonderful story of straw- 

 berries is that published in the Rural New 

 Yorker,, April 20th, 1907, and supported by affi- 

 davits. Samuel Cooper, of Delevan, N. Y., 

 grows strawberries out of doors as late as when 

 the first snow falls. During 1903-'04,-'05,-'06 

 he supplied late strawberries from August 7th 

 to the end of October, to the Hotel Broezel, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., as well as to local customers. 



The largest quantity shipped on any one day 

 in October was 20 quarts. Soon there will be no 

 season without this luscious fruit. 



But strawberries have no monopoly as revenue 

 producers. Any garden product that is better 

 than the average of its kind, will fetch a good 

 price, particularly if "out of season." Under 

 old methods each season brought its own prod- 



