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Mr. D. L. Hartman, whose experience in the North is 

 given on a later page, has since moved to Little River, Florida. 

 He writes in 1917 : 



"I have recently sold the last strawberries of a small 

 plot. Owing to a combination of circumstances it pro- 

 duced, I think, the largest value per area of any crop I have 

 ever cultivated. The main factors were high prices realized 

 and heavy yield. 

 Area of plot, a trifle over one fifth acre. Total yield, 2295 



quarts, total receipts, $4703.80. 

 First berries picked January 2nd ; last berries picked June 



26th; Variety, Brandywine. 



"This shows a yield of 11,107 quarts per acre worth at 

 the same rate, $3398.00. 



" The fruit was all sold to stores in Miami (five miles dis- 

 tant) and brought an average you notice of 30f cents per 

 quart for the crop, the highest bringing fifty cents per 

 quart. The average price during the ordinary seasons is 

 about twenty cents per quart. My ordinary average yield 

 is less than half of this yield or about 5000 quarts per acre, 

 and that is much above the average of most yields of other 

 growers. The crop was started with northern plants, set 

 just as for matted rows in the North, then early in November 

 plants were dug up and set out in order in rows 12 inches 

 apart and 8-3- inches apart in the row, leaving every fifth 

 row vacant for paths. It is super close culture; one plant 

 per square foot for the total area or a little more. 



" I often think that if I were operating in the North again 

 I would like to try strawberries the same way, except that 

 I would do the transplanting September 1st instead of No- 

 vember 1st as here, since I would expect them to grow larger 

 and of course I would plan to mulch them during the winter. 



