FRUIT-CULTURE. 99 



PLYMOUTH 



Statement of Lysander R. Hall of Bridgewater. 



Strawberries. — The plot on which my strawberries grew 



is a dark moist loam, and contains sixty-three rods. It was 



in corn in 1873, manured with five cords of barn-yard manure 



to the acre, and yielding about forty bushels of corn to the 



acre. April, 1874, ploughed seven inches deep, and harrowed 



and furrowed. Six loads of manure were then put in the 



furrow and covered up. The plants, Downer's Prolific, were 



set one foot apart in the furrow. Cultivated and hoed five 



times. The vines were covered with leaves in the winter of 



1875. 



Product. 



1,200 boxes in 1875, sold at an average of 17 cents per box, . $204 00 

 1,056 " in 1876, that turned me in 157 50 



Making, for both years, $361 50 



Expenses. 



Ploughing, etc., $3 00 



Manure, 6 00 



Plants and setting, 5 00 



Cultivation, 10 00 



Covering with leaves, 2 50 



Picking in 1875, 24 00 



in 1876, 11 00 



Total, $61 50 



Leaving a profit of $300 00 



Statement of John F. Alden of Middleborough, 



The plot on which my strawberries grew is a light, sandy 

 loam, and contains forty-two rods. Planted with beans in 

 1874, applying five bushels of ashes. May 1, 1875, it was 

 ploughed nine inches deep, harrowed and furrowed four feet 

 apart ; three loads of stable manure were put in the furrows 

 and covered over. Twenty-six hundred and forty plants, of 

 the Wilson variety, were set in the furrows about thirteen 

 inches apart. Cultivated and hoed twice. Mulched lightly 



