114 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



practically the whole plant is sold. It is 

 possible, by using plants that have become 

 well established In the pots, or those that 

 have had a fair length of time to develop, 

 to get a moderate crop of fruit the first 

 spring. This, of course, would be of more 

 importance to the small grower, farmer, or 

 fancier, than to the large commercial grower, 

 as the extra expense in either growing or 

 buying the plants would be practically out 

 of the question for the large grower, who 

 caters to the general market, and must pro- 

 duce large crops of fruit in order to make a 

 profit. 



There is one point that must be very 

 carefully observed in the propagation of 

 plants. When the mother plant is set in 

 the bed for the purpose of producing other 

 plants, it must not be expected to produce 

 fruit as well as plants; therefore, all blos- 

 soms must be picked off the mother plant. 

 This is also the best practice for newly set 

 beds in which the first year the original 

 plants are expected to produce a heavy crop 

 of offspring. The grower must be reasonable, 

 and remove the buds as soon as lObserved, 

 thereby giving the strength to the propagation 



