138 THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUITS. 



ble authorities. Mr, Pardee, a celebrated grower of New York, 

 Btated some years ago, that he has grown on small beds at the rate 

 of 250 bushels per acre. Mr, Fuller, of New York, high authority 

 everywhere, mentions 300 bushels per acre. Parry, of Cinnaminson, 

 New Jersey, says he has grown 210, but thinks one-third of that a 

 fair crop. One hundred and fifty have frequently been obtained. 

 The writer of this has known 80 and 120 bushels per acre on fields 

 where the owners admitted that proper treatment would have in- 

 creased the yield fifty per cent. And in one instance, he measured 

 the ground occupied by a small patch of Wilson's Albany, in 

 which the yield was at the rate of more than 300 bushels per acre. 

 Yet these stories of large crops are apt to be deceptive, and mis- 

 lead the new beginner into expecting more than he can realize. 

 Very much depends on soil and location, or rather, the adaptation of 

 the sort to the soil chosen for the plantation. Much more depends upon 

 the manner of planting and the care and management they receive. 

 With any goofl bearing variety, of good size fruit, planted on well 

 prepared and suitable soil, and properly managed, it is not at all 

 extravagant to claim that 100 bushels can as readily be obtained 

 as that of 50 bushels o^" corn can be taken from the same ground. 



SOIL AND LOCATION. 



The strawberry varies greatly in its adaptation to soils ; and 

 herein lies one of the chief difficulties in its culture. Some varieties 

 do well on almost auy soil and location ; while others are far less 

 easily satisfied; some sorts will not grow at all, and yield a crop, 

 unless in a soil to which they are' adapted. Most of the best known 

 and popular sorts will succeed reasonably well on any soil that is 

 suitable for a crop of corn or potatoes. The main thing is to have the 

 ground mellow and well drained. Clay soils, liable to bake, should 

 be enriched by a liberal supply of barn-yard manure, and should be 

 deeply subsoiled. This should be done in the fall. Land that is 

 free from weeds and grass should be selected, if possible. 



PLANTING. 



Strawberries are propagated from runners; each plant throwing 

 out a number during the season of growth, which, taking root at 

 the joints, form new plants. These new plants should always be 

 chosen, whether the planting be done in "the fall or the following 

 epring. Old plants should never be taken. 



