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He made a nice thing of his crop, for he got 25 cts. per lb., 

 which is rather better than 25 cts. a quart. Within a few years 

 the Everbearing strawberry has been introduced from Oregon, 

 called the Oregon Everbearing. It is now on our grounds, and 

 has been giving us some berries right along, but not as many 

 as we get from the Jessie. While I write, Sept. 2, 1890, we 

 have a small bed of Jessies full of blossoms, green fruit, and 

 some ripe berries. They are set out in very rich plant-bed 

 ground, and they have been watered whenever they lacked rain, 

 so as to keep the plants in full vigorous growth. Some of the 

 berries are of quite good size ; and if I had a quarter of an 

 acre of them bearing as well, I could put quite a quantity of 

 berries on the market. During this season of scarce fruit I 

 think I could, without doubt, get from 20 to 25 cts. per quart, 

 at the present time ; and at this price it would have been a 

 splendid investment. Where one has the time, and will take 

 the pains, I have no doubt that strawberries can be very profit- 

 ably raised for marketing at county and State fairs. Some 

 years ago in the city of Indianapolis I saw very fine large straw- 

 berries offered for sale at 40 cts. a quart, in the month of Octo- 

 ber. I presume they were made to bear in this way. I have 

 never had any experience with the Monthly Alpine strawberry ; 

 but from what I have heard I believe I should prefer to use the 

 Jessie and Michel's Early for getting a fall crop. 



RAISING STRAWBERRIES UNDER GI,ASS. 



This is carried on mostly in our very large cities, where 

 berries can be sold for about 50 cts. to $1.00 a quart during 

 Christmas time, and all along through the severe winter months. 

 Any of you can do it if you are willing to take the necessary 

 pains ; but it will not pay financially unless you can get some- 

 thing like the prices named above. The plan is, to get, by rich 

 soil and excellent culture, very strong heavy crowns ready to 

 put out fruit-buds. Let them remain outdoors until they are 

 well ripened and ready for fruit. They should, however, be in 



