160 ABC OF STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 



PART II. 



THIS PART CONSIDERS STRAWBERRY GROWING THROUGH A 

 PERIOD OF TWELVE YEARS, FROM 1890 TO 1902. 



A large portion of Part II. consists of extracts from Glean- 

 ings in Bee Culture during the past twelve years ; and we com- 

 mence it with a. letter from T. B. Terry, furnished one year 

 after the strawberry book had been before the people. 



TERRY'S STRAWBERRIES IN JUNE, 1891 ; THE MAY FROSTS 



; IN HIS LOCALITY, ETC. 



Friend Root ; You may remember that, when you were 

 here about a year ago, asking me why I did not put out five or 

 ten acres of strawberries, and get rich, I did not make much 

 reply ; but in your report in Gleanings you told what you 

 thought passed through my mind about spoiling the privacy of 

 my home, etc., all of which was almost word for word what I 

 did think. I was surprised that you could read my thoughts 

 so perfectly. But there was one thought that you did not get 

 hold of at all, that flashed through my head. It was this : 

 This is not a safe locality for growing strawberries largely. 

 One could make a great deal of money from five acres, perfect- 

 ly tended to, of fine large berries, put into Cleveland when just 

 right for eating, and only two or three hours from the vines, if 

 the late spring frosts did not interfere. Last year they did not, 

 and our success was all we could ask for. This year our half- 

 acre went into winter in perfect shape. No pains were spared 

 to give every plant the best chance possible. We mulched 

 them heavily to keep them back ; but alas ! the freeze of May 

 16th killed all the blossoms and many of the buds, and most of 

 the leaves, and many of the plants themselves. The earth 

 froze here from one f o two inches deep. I actually dug up 

 pieces of frozen soil in the morning, two inches thick. The 

 Bubachs and Haverlands are just about ruined ; all suffered se- 

 verely, but, as usual, the Sterling stood the frost best. They 

 are altogether the safest berrv for our farm. I suppose in that 

 one night we lost $200 worth of berries. The frosts early in 

 May hurt us little, as our berries were mulched so heavily they 

 had not started much. This loss does not trouble us, because 

 we expected it sooner or later. We are liable to killing frosts 



