194 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



get a variety that will supply this demand 

 and keep up your standards of berry, pack- 

 age, and packing, preferring rather to ship 

 your seconds to a more distant market or to 

 the cannery, rather than have them compete 

 with, and thereby reduce, the price of your 

 fancy fruit. Canneries are glad to obtain 

 the fruit that is grown for the general 

 market. 



Proper pollination of the fruits is one of 

 the great factors of successful strawberry 

 growing. Very few people realize that 

 there is a difference in the flowers of straw- 

 berries. 



It is very fortunate that practically all 

 the commercial growers of plants state in 

 their catalogues whether or not a plant pro- 

 duces (P) pistillate or (B) bi-sexual flowers, 

 thereby saving the grower value, time, and 

 money. 



No attempt is here made to present a 

 complete catalogue of present-day varieties, 

 and new ones come along each season. I 

 have, however, taken note of the best vari- 

 eties as I see things, and these tables are 

 offered as guides rather than as unalterable 

 facts. 



