NOTES OF STRAWBERRIES. 



solution, there was sufficient vigour left 

 in many of the plants to send out new 

 leaves, after a few weeks. 



Sulphate of Copper, two per cent. : 

 Only a very few of the older and more 

 vigorous plants escaped destruction, pro- 

 bably not more than three to five per 

 cent. This solution is evidently strong 

 enough to kill all mustard plants six 

 inches in height and less. 



Sulphate of Copper, five per cent. : 

 All the plants killed. 



From the above data, I make the fol 

 lowing inferences : 



i. That a two per cent. (2%) solu- 

 tion of Sulphate of Copper, (that 

 is, 2 lbs. in 10 gallons of water) is, all 

 things considered, the most effective, 

 safest (as regards the grain crop) and 

 most economical to use. The spraying 



should be done thoroughly, and for that 

 purpose 50 gallons per acre will be 

 required. If a heavy rain follows the 

 spraying within 24 hours, the operation 

 will be required to be repeated. 



2. That, in order that the work may 

 be effective, spraying should not be 

 delayed after the mustard plants have 

 reached a height of six to nine inches. 

 If allowed to grow taller than this, 

 stronger solutions would be necessary 

 and in larger quantity, as the grain 

 would then largely protect the mustard. 



For many valuable suggestions and 

 much assistance in the work I am in- 

 debted to Mr. W. T. Macoun, Horti- 

 culturist of the Experimental Farm, who 

 concurs with me in the deductions drawn 

 from this investigation. 



NOTES OF STRAWBERRIES. 



Clyde was as productive, fine form, 

 uniformly large size and good quality as 

 ever, but its continued great productive- 

 ness from year to year is developing a 

 weaker growing plant not exactly a weak 

 plant but not enough foliage stalks for 

 its great number of fruiting stems, and 

 to bring this variety to its highest state 

 of perfection it will need to be mulched 

 with horse stable manure in the winter, 

 or else have some nitrogenous commer 

 cial fertilizer put on in the spring before 

 fruiting to make a little heavier foliage 

 to shade the enormous crop of berries 

 that it carries. From some few soils this 

 berry seems to be a little too light in 

 color to please all markets, but for my 

 own fruiting on a variety of soils and from 

 general reports received, it is one of the 

 most productive and satisfactory berries 

 that has ever been grown. 



Glen Mary is very vigorous in plant 



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growth ; dark green foliage and enor- 

 mously productive of large size, deep 

 red berries of high quality and is proving 

 more satisfactory even than in former 

 years. I have been fearful in the past 

 that there would be too many irregular 

 berries in this variety, but this year they 

 were all of uniform, gobular shape and 

 no misshapen ones at all, and it can be 

 counted as A No. 1, either for home 

 use or market. 



Pride of Cumberland, although a 

 little later in ripening than Glen Mary, 

 has the same vigor of plant, great pro- 

 ductiveness, equally good, dark red 

 color, perfectly globular, very firm berries 

 of high flavor. I count it the most pro- 

 ductive, fine appearing and firmest 

 shipping, medium to late season berry 

 for long distance markets of any we have 

 in the country. — J. H. H. in American 

 Gardening. 



