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available throughout August, September, and October, and there 

 will be little trouble in supplying our tables at that time. If, 

 however, it is proposed to set such plants extensively for commercial 

 purposes, the writer suggests that moderation be exercised in the 

 first plantings and that the acreage be enlarged only as the success 

 of the previous plantings warrant. 



Thus far, no varieties have been listed, and it is with hesitation 

 that any names are given because of the fact that the most valuable 

 kinds in one place may be worthless in some other locality. There 

 are, however, a number of varieties which have made good in one 

 part or another of -New York State, although this fact has no 

 bearing on their behavior in the Bay State. Many of them are 

 old varieties with an established reputation, while others are 

 among the more recent kinds; the following list is therefore only 

 suggestive : 



Amanda Excelsior Mascot 



Barrymore Gandy Michel 



Bederwood Glen Mary Ozark 



Belt Golden Gate Prolific 



Brandywine Good Luck Rough Rider 



Chesapeake Indiana Sample 



Columbia Monroe Stevens 



Dunlap Marshall Williams. 



Americus 



Fall-bearing Kinds. 

 Francis Progressive 



Superb. 



In conclusion. This discussion, incomplete yet already too long, 

 must be brought to a close. An effort has been made to set forth 

 some of the essentials of strawberry growing, the observance or 

 non-observance of which make or mar the final results. A success- 

 ful grower cannot run his business by rule of thumb. Ways and 

 means will vary from year to year to meet new conditions of climate, 

 of season, and of markets. Strawberry growing is intensive 

 farming; halfway measures cannot bring the results desired. The 

 fruit itself as a basis of work is of highest rank, and recalls the old 



