Sirawbervy Culture ji 



Mr. Hay wood grows strawberries by the acre and has aston- 

 ishing success. His is neither the hill nor matted row method, 

 but a compromise between the two. He sets his plants in the 

 spring as do almost all commercial growers. Every detail of the 

 work is faithfully attended to. Instead of cutting off all the 

 runners, he selects a certain number from each plant and layers 

 them systematically. From that time, on no more runners are 

 allowed to grow. At the end of the season the entire bed, plants 

 and all, is covered with manure about three inches deep. This 

 is never removed, but the plants grow up through it. If any one 

 ^seems to be unable to get up through the coarse litter, it receives 

 assistance. Growing such fine plants as Mr. Hay wood does 

 would insure great success of itself, but covering the bed with 

 such a coating of manure enables him to lead all competitors. 



Mr. Davis is a professional man, and raises berries and roses 

 for pleasure. He has probably received more great prizes for 

 fine berries than any other man in the United States. His suc- 

 cess has been most remarkable for many years. He tests nearly 

 all that come into the market, but the Margaret is his favorite. 

 It ripens berries every day for four or five weeks, and such berries 

 as large as good sized lemons. I/ike all famous growers, he 

 owes much of his success to his great thoroughness from start 

 to finish. Unlike Mr. Goldsborough, Mr. Davis pulverizes his 

 ground until he can thrust his arm into it up to the elbow. He 

 sets out his plants in the summer, after some early crop, and he 

 takes but a single crop from his plants. His success is largely 

 due to his management of the plants during the few weeks pre- 

 vious to the ripening of the earliest berries. As soon as the first 

 berries are formed, two, or three are selected 011 each fruit-stalk, 

 and all others cut off. This would insure great berries, but this 



