I02 STRAWBERRY GROWING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 



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NOTES FROM LOCAL GROWERS. 



During the strawberry season we made it a point to visit and 

 procure data from many of our local growers. Accordingly, 

 Mr. George F. Beede's place at Fremont was visited by my- 

 self; and afterwards, Mr. Hunt, my assistant, visited and 

 obtained the data herein given from the following named 

 growers: Messrs. J. C. Piper, Stratham ; G. S. Tuttle, Bar- 

 rington ; James Hayes & Son, Dover; George D. McDuften, 

 Dover; Mr. C. B. Flanders, Concord; VV. H. Allen and 

 G. A. Tripp, Dover. This is only a partial report of a few of 

 the leading growers. It is hoped that all other strawberry 

 specialists will favor us with their addresses. 



The growing of strawberries is a question which we have 

 found the growers carefully studying each for his own good. 

 Although there are some minor differences as to the varieties, 

 due perhaps to the surrounding conditions, yet as to the 

 fundamental principles of the care and management, all are in 

 unison. In interviews with many leading growers in different 

 parts of the state, they have given their methods of cultivation, 

 which have aided us very materially in reaching general con- 

 clusions on strawberry culture throughout the state. 



Strawberries have been most successfully grown on a rich 

 clay loam which has had a liberal application of barnyard 

 manure or commercial fertilizer ; yet in some instances it ap- 

 pears that too much has been added and the plants have sacri- 

 ficed fruit for foliage. However, it is our opinion that on most 

 of the strawberry land the application of manure will greatly 

 aid in the productivity of the plants. Strawberries are known 

 to require considerable moisture, and unless it is found natur- 

 ally in the soil it must be applied, in order tliat the plants may 

 be in a vigorous state of growth until after fruiting time. If 

 the plant is small and weak it cannot be expected to give the 

 amount of fruit that a vigorous one would. At the time of 

 setting and ripening of fruit a large amount of water is taken 

 up by the plants, and this, of course, has to be supplied by the 

 roots from the soil. 



