THE STEAWBEEEY CTJLTTJEIST. 41 



rotting if they are packed as I have described, namely., only one layer 

 hi a box, and the foliage exposed to light and air. 



SENDING PLANTS BY MAIL. 



Thanks to the liberal postal laws of our country, we can now send 

 strawberry plants in small quantities cheaply and safely to any part 

 by mail. The postage being only one cent per ounce on plants, cut- 

 tings, and seeds, in packages of eight ounces or less, every one 

 should avail themselves of this privilege, and widely distribute one 

 of the best of all fruits, the strawberry. A package of one dozen 

 plants, packed in the following manner, will go safely to any part of 

 the country where it does not require more than two weeks for them 

 to reach their destination, costing from three to six cents for postage. 



Take up the plants, remove all the soil, and cut off the largest 

 leaves ; then take a piece of oiled silk or muslin, about eight inches 

 square, place a thin layer of very fine damp moss upon it, and on the 

 moss lay first three or four plants, then a little more moss, then a few 

 more plants, and so on, until your dozen or two is all in ; then roll up 

 the plants hi the silk, being careful that moss entirely surrounds them ; 

 fold over and tightly around the roots, but leave the top end open. 

 Then tie the package with strong, fine twine, after which envelop th.6 

 whole with good strong paper, on which write plainly the directions. 

 The top end must be left open for the inspection of the postmaster. 

 Postage must be paid in advance by affixing stamps. 



PROFITS OF STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 



An acre of the best varieties of strawberries properly cultivated on 

 ordinary sandy loam will, in four years, produce something like the 

 following results : 



Three crops, of 300 bushels each, 900 bushels, at 12 cents per quart $8,456 00 



Cost of plants $T5 00 



Manure 200 00 



Labor in cultivating 200 00 



Mulching 50 00 



Picking, 2 ct3. per quart 576 00 



Bent on land, $10 per acre 40 00 1, 141 00 



Leaving of profit $2,81500 



If ft small portion of the plants be allowed to throw out runners. 



