STRAWBERRY 



eceipts aie h\ no means the onlj ones frcm the 

 lie tv^o jeais For nnnj \eirs past the wnter 

 in the hdbit of plantius: other earh irjps be 

 ' rows of Strawbeirtes after they aie stt For 

 in the spring a plot of h% e i les is stt with 



M I k I / - \ h me m'jrket is the hesi 

 h i\H it tlth u^-h It IS a well known f irt t 

 Sti awbei lies aie citen m the neighl il 

 are grown Along the Gulf coast Sti 

 ripenmFebruar-v and 

 consumpti m continues until 46°north I 

 hence tl c necessity of a variety that 1 1 

 If we all 1 1 1 cooling houses for heme 

 tor cars t ship the fruit m almost an\ \ ■ 

 bear nioie or le s transportation but as m 

 ha\e neitl er tie 1 ernes must be ; icked as soon ah 



before th 

 f ilh ol 1 1 Pet re the writer had ! 

 nii, h 1 t he 



the tl'>jr of a general packing house and 

 then place 1 ice al ng upon the floor between 

 the cases This did fairly well but not as 

 well as the present cooling house which 

 IS a very plain cheap huildmg 12 \ 14 ft 

 and about 12 ft hi>,h The sides are covered 

 with comni m sht tl ing i aj tr ai d 1 cai 1 

 with an air haral li f £ ui in hes The 



one corner, where a pipe 

 as the ice melts, and carries it from the 

 building. It has an open space of nearly 

 12 inches all around the building which 

 lets the cold air pass below, where 

 the fruit i ~- ■ 



of shelves, one above the other all 

 around the room below. Upon the 

 floor above the ice is placed, and 

 on the shelves below are the cases 

 of fruit. About 50° is the best 

 temperature to keep the fruit if 

 much lower than this, it is found 

 that the fruit will not keep so long 

 after being removed 

 from the cooler. It is 

 best not to throw fruit 

 on the market, but to 

 try to have it so good 

 that it recommends it- 

 self. Endeavor to have 

 it engaged to the retail 

 grocers in ad 

 Then there is but one 

 profit between the con- 

 sumer and the grower. 

 J. M. Smith. 

 Strawberry Cul- 

 ture in the South. - 

 If any fruit is at home 



the Str^i 



STRAWBERRY 



1739 



nd 



tending planting and cultnation the enoi mens 



possible from well selected soils prcierh tit ite( 



the fact that aside from being the hrst fiuit to ripen 



It seldom if e\ er fails to 



leward the pamstakm, 



grower with an arable ha 



fruil 



times it 



holds the pi; 

 importance. 



the many things that 

 commend the Straw- 

 berry favorably to 

 southern land -owners 

 who would grow fruit 

 for home use or for market 



parative freedom from disease and insect enemies 

 the ease with which it adapts itself to different soil 

 and varied conditions of climate; the small cost at 



2423 Bomba Strawberry 

 ire the following: its cor 



early fall J 

 IS neither a diflicult 

 expensive 

 ; plants with earth adher- 

 ing to the roots to nicely pre- 

 pared soil near the old beds, 

 l^rom good stands on newly 

 prepared beds secured as 

 early in the season as August 

 'September, and with a long fall 

 ■ favor- 

 11]^ \i„ ■ lis pl:int growth and de- 

 M-\ ] nil lit jf fruit-buds, the grower 

 ni i\ le IS inably expect the following 

 spring one-half to two-thirds of a 

 crop 



Being a water-loving plant and a 

 liberal feeder, especially during fruit- 

 ing season the Strawberry 

 plishes Its best work in a soil capa- 

 ble of taking in the largest quantity 

 of water and of holding during pro- 

 tracted drought the greatest amount 

 of moisture within easy reach of the 

 plant This ideal Strawberry soil is 

 ih natural size found in the rather compact deep 



clay loams over the well-drained clay 

 subsoils so abundant in most of the South Atlantic and 

 the Gulf states. 



As to fertilizers, much depends on the kind of soil 

 and treatment. Where the cereals are benefited by the 



