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in winter for the plants to bloom and mature fruit, en- 

 abling us to make several pickings in December, but this 

 occurs very rarely. 



G. H. Baker, of Illinois, reported having raised two 

 hundred and fifty-three bushels, or eight thousand and 

 ninety-six quarts of " Wilson's Albany," upon an acre, 

 giving him a clear profit of fifteen hundred and nine 

 dollars. Mr. Parker, of Massachusetts, picked three 

 thousand two hundred quarts of the same variety from 

 an acre within ten days, and sold them on his premises 

 for eleven hundred and twenty dollars. The well-known 

 authority on the strawberry Rev. E. P. Roe, of Orange 

 County, N. Y., in his work " Success with Small Fruits," 

 mentions the yield of one of his beds of the " Crescent 

 Seedling," at the rate of three hundred and forty-six 

 bushels, or eleven thousand and seventy-two quarts to the 

 acre. A few years ago, 0. B. Galusha reported, in an 

 Illinois journal, that he had produced fourteen thousand 

 quarts of the same variety to the acre. These exceptional 

 crops are merely given to show the capabilities of the 

 strawberry under favorable contingencies. No such ex- 

 traordinary yields can be realized in any other than a cool 

 and moist climate, and it is doubtful whether in our hot 

 region, under the most favorable conditions of soil, vari- 

 ety, manure, careful preparation and proper cultivation, 

 without subdrainage and irrigation, more than six thou- 

 sand quarts per acre can be produced, while three thou- 

 sand may be considered a good yield, and from fifteen 

 hundred to two thousand are common. One farmer, 

 near Savannah picked eight hundred and ninety-four 

 quarts from two-thirds of an acre and discontinued 

 picking after the price fell below fifteen cents. 



SOIL AXD ITS PREPARATION". 



The selection of soil and location should be made with 

 a view to provide the moisture so absolutely indispensa- 

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