FERTILIZING STRAWBERRIES 



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conditions, the demand of the consuming market, the dis- 

 tance the berries must be shipped and other factors will have 

 much weight in determining the variety selected. Among 

 the varieties which may be suggested as adapted to general 

 cultivation are the Bederwood, Warfield, Senator Dunlap, 

 Sample, Gandy and Brandywine. Three of these have 

 proven especially valuable to growers north of the Ohio 

 River, namely, the Dunlap, Warfield and Gandy. Senator 

 Dunlap and Miss Warfield have travelled together through- 

 out this entire territory and have proven a very congenial 

 pair. The fact that they have remained long in localities 

 where they have been established, is the best evidence of 

 the satisfactory quality they possess. Since these varieties 

 tend to produce a large number of* plants, it is probably 

 better to set them in hedge or matted rows and fertilize 



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