176 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



varieties of strawberry plants for the best 

 results. Mulching with straw should be 

 practised during the winter. The blossoms 

 have to be picked from the plants every two 

 or three weeks up to the first of August, 

 then they are allowed to produce fruit. 

 September ist, or thereabout, should be 

 the date when mature, edible berries are 

 ready for picking. This picking should be 

 looked after quite carefully, as sometimes 

 it becomes necessary to pick the fruits before 

 they have coloured up much, or they will rot 

 on the plant. The first berries, owing to 

 the greater amount of sunlight, will have 

 better colour and correspondingly better 

 flavour. Later, owing to the cold weather, 

 and the lack of sunlight, the flavour and 

 colour will be less satisfactory. If the 

 fruit is produced for the markets, it should 

 be very carefully sorted and graded, in order 

 to receive the highest price paid for this 

 out-of-season product. 



YIELDS 



Owing to the fact that there are no large 

 areas of fall strawberries, it is practically 

 impossible to give any idea of just what 



