164 ABC OF STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 



THE BUBACH PLANTED IN THE FAI,!,, UNDER FAVORABLE 

 CIRCUMSTANCES. 



The following extract is taken from Gleanings in Bee Cul- 

 ture for June 15, 1893. It touches three important points in 

 strawberry culture : First, strawberries put out in the fall may, 

 with proper management, give a profitable crop the next sea- 

 son. Second, it emphasizes the value of the Bubach strawber- 

 ry when properly handled. Third, it shows what persistent 

 heavy manuring will do in the way of getting your money 

 back. 



Michel's Early did not yield enough to supply the demand, 

 and there was a " corner " in strawberries. It was Monday aft- 

 ernoon. They were all sold out in the lunch-room, and one of 

 the clerks asked if I could not get a few more, even if they 

 were not real ripe. The pickers had been all over the grounds 

 in the forenoon, and had picked every thing they thought 

 would do to sell. I said I would go and get some that were 

 ripe on one side, and perhaps our customers would rather have 

 these than none at all. As I rode along the path on my wheel 

 I got glimpses of some bright-red berries through the dark- 

 green foliage of some young plants that stood almost knee- 

 high. Friend Terry once spoke about having strawberry -leaves 

 large enough so a single one would cover the top of a teacup. 

 Well, we could show some leaves this spring a good deal larger 

 than that. I sprang from the wheel and found a berry on the 

 very first plant in the row, that looked more like a peach than 

 it did a strawberry. The plants were put out last fall, two feet 

 apart, and they made but few runners ; but each plant had in 

 consequence got to be something immense. At the next plant 

 I found another like a small peach. Pretty soon my hands 

 were full. I called to a boy to bring me some boxes ; and 

 while I filled them I began to speculate as to what those plants 

 were. Said I to myself, " Why, this must be the Edgar Queen; 

 and if this is the way it behaves I will just go and plant acres 

 of it." Then I felt pretty certain that we did not put any of 

 the Edgar Queen on that part of the grounds. What could 

 that wonderful plant be ? It was not Parker Earle, because the 

 latter is a late berry, and this particular one was not more than 

 three or four days later than Michel's Early ; it must be a won- 

 derful acquisition. Twenty rods ahead was a stake with a label, 



