SUMMARY IOC 



one of the best this year. Vines quite thrifty; leaves light 

 green ; widely matted. Introduced by E. W. Reid, Ikidge- 

 port, O. 



84. Seaford (S). — Size medium. Shape regular, broad, 

 obtuse, conical. Color dark when fully ripe. Quality very 

 good. Stood drouth well. Plants not very abundant ; loosely 

 matted; leaves rather light. Origin, Delaware. 



85. Nick Okmer (S). — Size medium to large. Shape quite 

 regular; roundish, not much tipped. Color dark, glossy. 

 Quality, if fully ripened, very good; otherwise somewhat tart. 

 Holds on well. Many green berries on vines 4ih of July. 

 Plants thrifty, scattered about right ; leaves rather large and 

 light colored; a very good plant. Origin, J. F. Beaver, Day- 

 ton, O. Introduced by M. Crawford, Ohio. 



86. Gulick, No. 7 (S). — Size medium. Shape somewhat 

 rounded ; slightly indented at blossom end ; color medium ; 

 quality quite good. A large per cent, of the blossoms never 

 developed, perhaps due to dry season. Plant growth very 

 heavy ; leaves rather small and dark ; a little too thick for 

 good fruiting. Not yet introduced. Origin, Robert Gulick, 

 Linkwood, Md. Promising. 



V. SUMMARY. 



1. The culture is the same for berries boih for home use 

 and the market. 



2. The strawberry does well wherever given good cultiva- 

 tion, proper drainage, and plenty of fertilizer in available form. 



3. Well-rotted manure, bone meal, and wood ashes (or some 

 of the potash salts), are considered the best fertilizers. 



4. Fall plowing, mulching with manure and thorough pre- 

 paration of soil before setting plants are the rtrst steps in 

 strawberry growing. 



5. A crop of clover or other green manure, known to be free 

 from insects, will when plowed under prove of great value to 

 the crop. 



6. Coarse manure may be plowed under with good results, 

 provided it is applied early enough to be well decomposed by 

 planting time. 



