FALL-BEARING STRAWBERRIES I77 



the yield should be. Perhaps if the suburb- 

 anite or farmer had fifty plants in his garden 

 he might have reason to expect twelve to 

 fifteen quarts of fall berries, in some cases 

 more, and, under other circumstances, less. 

 These berries would sell at this time for at 

 least 25 cents per quart, and if properly 

 graded more would be paid. It would be 

 natural to expect a high price for the product, 

 not only because it is out of season, but 

 because the production of the fruit costs 

 more, as there is the increased expense 

 over the ordinary growing of strawberries 

 of picking off the blossoms, and, perhaps, 

 better cultural methods. However, there 

 is one advantage that would have a tendency 

 to counterbalance the above — i. e., it is 

 possible to plant fall-bearing strawberry 

 plants early in the spring, and, by the best 

 of care, fertilizer, water, etc., to produce 

 fruit in the fall of the same year^ thereby 

 receiving returns in a shorter period than 

 from the ordinary sorts. 



It is not advisable for people blindly to buy 

 or invest large sums in these fall berries; 

 the best plan being to try a few and find out 

 their peculiarities, then increase the area 



