riiK s^l;A^\ r.KKKV and its crLTUitE. 91 



You will oxcusc nil' if I nlltulc to experionce and observatiou 

 somewhat, as I pass along. 



A cleroyman with decided horticultural tastes, said to me a few 

 years since, '*I raised a nice crop of beans on my land while 

 getting it stocked with strawberry plants." You have often seen 

 iu the agricultural press, notices of similar import, how some one 

 or other raised a fine crop of beets, spinach, peas or some other 

 vegetable, and at the same time was stocking his ground with 

 strawberry plants for the succeeding year. Of course I do not 

 dispute that something of that kind can be done with a measure of 

 success. With land of exceptional fertility it may be wise, but as 

 a rule I doubt the wisdom of so doing. A crop of early peas 

 may precede the setting of plants in Jul}', provided that a new 

 ploughiug up is given, and there is no lack of fertility iu the soil. 

 We are never to forget that our strawberrj^ crop is more than half 

 raised the preceding year, and the question is pertinent. Which 

 is better, a half crop of strawberries and a half crop of something 

 else, or a full crop of berries? As an instance of high culture 

 and its results, I will mention a case where three successive cover- 

 ings of good manure were ploughed in on one acre and fourteen 

 rods of laud, and iu July strawberry plants were set. When the 

 berries were ripe many of them brought forty cents per quart, and 

 the total receipts for the crop Avere 81,800. The secret of this 

 success was that the laud was full of manure and the best possible 

 culture was given throughout. 



The apostle's utterauce, "This one thing I do," is a good 

 motto for a given piece of land, for the time being. 



Varieties and Theik Manac^emekt. — The varieties of straw- 

 berries offered to and planted by the public are numerous, and it 

 would be beyond the limits of this paper to go much into detail in 

 their description. 



The Wilson was once every man's berry ; the Crescent was 

 called the lazy man's berry, possibly because — as was sometimes 

 said — it would run outward and take care of itself, and perhaps 

 there is some ti'uth iu that. The Haviland is with us much after 

 the style of the Crescent. They are all rather too small to be 

 satisfactory. 



The Black Defiance, Hervey Davis, Gold. Henderson, and 

 Wilder, are all claimants for high quality, but lack sufficient 

 productiveness to lie found largely in the market. 



