VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES 083 



1879. The first two pickings were not kept separate ; the 

 third picking, one boy in nine hours piclced from the row of 

 ninety-nine plants just one hundred quarts of extra nice fruit. 

 The yield after this was not kept separate, although it was 

 picked at least seven or eight times, giving each time good 

 pickings of large and very satisfactory fruit. 



One point of difference of opinion regarding this variety, 

 is the perfection or imperfection of the blossom. While the 

 later bloom seems pistiHate, the early seems, and is, hermaph- 

 rodite. In planting this kind by the acre, it will be well to set 

 a row of Wilsons every rod. 



I will notice a few of the new sorts. The Capt. Jack is 

 healthy, vigorous and very productive, exceeding its parent, 

 the Wilsoil, but lacking character in flavor, and requiring great 

 care in picking, or the calyx will be left on the vines. For 

 family use, this is a point in its favor. 



Red Jacket, though a choice family berry, is so firmly 

 attached to the calyx that a knife is needed to hull it. 

 Crystal City is claimed to be ten days earlier than the Wilson, 

 and every Avay as worthy. Glendale is the latest of all. Its 

 only objection seems to be the large calyx, which detracts 

 from its quantit}^ 



Before leaving the list of strawberries, let me call atten- 

 tion to the great value of the Green Prolific for home use, set- 

 ting every third row Wilson. Thus you get an enormous 

 yield, but without some variety to fertilize, it is entirely worth- 

 less. It is hardly safe to take plants from an old bed, for it is 

 so vigorous you will be apt to get all Green Prolific, which will 

 be a failure. A friend of mine, from a row of Green Prolific 

 ten rods long, picked nine bushels per week through the best 

 of the season. Col. Cheney, also pistillate, is choice and 

 large. 



MARKETING. 



A few words on marketing and I am done. Let the pack- 

 ages, Avhatever they are, be clean and attractive. Let the fruit 

 be as good at the bottom as the top. Reject all defective 

 specimens. Assort into sizes, as it will pay, and put the price 



