CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGB 



I. Selection of Site ....... 3 



II. Manuring and Fitting 9 



\ III. Marking and Planting 19 



IV. After Care — Fertilizers ... . 38 



V. Insects, Diseases, and Spraying ... 60 



VI. Picking, Packing, and Marketing . . 73 



VII. Mulching, Renovating the Old Bed . . 88 



VIII. Winter Forcing loi 



IX. Propagation, Breeding no 



X. Scoring and Judging 127 



XI. Costs, Yields, and Profits 133 



XII. Strawberries for the Home .... 140 



XIII. Alpine Strawberries i6l 



XIV. Fall-Bearing Strawberries 171 



XV. What is The American Strawberry? . . 179 



XVI. Varieties for Special Purposes . . . 190 



Index 209 



