THE STRAWBERRY AUGUST 1906 



willing to pay a premium to get them in 

 advance, and after a season of several 

 weeks — this season has been unusuall) 

 long — they are still willing to pay a pre- 

 mium to get hold of a belated lot of the 

 berries. A great many of our customers 

 would eat strawberries all the year round 

 and not tire of them." 



Varieties for the Hill System 



M^OULD the editor have the kindness in the 

 August issue to give a list of varieties of 

 strawberries considered adapted to the hill cul- 

 ture and in the order of their productiveness. I 

 have tried different modes of culture with vary- 

 ing success and have concluded to grow in hills. 

 Fergus Falls, Minn. H. N. 



IN growing strawberries by the hill 

 system such varieties as build up a 

 large crown and foliage system should 

 be selected, as it would be a loss of ground 

 to grow varieties in hills that do not "stool 

 up well. Therefore we should recom- 

 mend such varieties among the extra- 

 earlys as Excelsior and Texas; among the 

 earlys, Crescent and Tennessee Prolific; 

 among the mediums, Senator Dunlap and 

 William Belt, and among the late varie- 

 ties, Dornan, Pride of Michigan and 

 Mark Hanna. 



All of these varieties are heavy crown 

 builders, and produce an abundance of 

 foliage that protects the fruit from the di- 

 rect rays of the sun when grown in the 

 hill. The hill system is very satisfac- 

 tory with such varieties. The soil 

 should be quite rich, and the runners 

 should be cut ofT before they form plants, 

 which naturally will assist the original 

 plant to develop a strong fruit-bud system. 



YV/AR to the warrior may be a source 

 " of intellectual inspiration , but it 

 gives him no happiness — nothing that is 

 wrong or harmful can bring happiness to 

 any human soul. Hear what Marshal 

 Oyama, who led the Japanese to their 

 marvelous success against the Russians, 

 has to say on this subject: "My idea of 

 happiness is to dispose of everything I 

 possess that belongs to the practice of arms 

 and go far into the country with big boxes 

 of books to read for the rest of my days; 

 books that tell of happiness and progress, 

 and not of the terrible deeds of war. And 

 1 would gather about me my best old 



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friends and little children. Ihen in the 

 sunny days all would be happiness." If 

 Marshal Oyama would engage in straw- 

 berry culture he could round out to the 

 full his circle of happy occupations. 



. * * 

 Strawberries in Bohemia 



OVER in Bohemia is an enthusiastic 

 reader of The Strawberry, and he 

 contributes a good word to this 

 issue of the magazine as well as a fine 

 picture of his strawberry fields on his 

 farm at Networitz, Bohemia. The farm 

 is named "Chlistov" and the owner is R. 

 Strimpl. On his letter heads he announ- 

 ces his principal products to be Strawber- 

 ries and Raspberries (Jahodarstvi und 

 Malinarstvi), and a glance at the picture 

 shown here, together with another view 

 sent us of his great raspberry orchard, 

 indicates with what care and thorough- 

 ness the work is conducted in both lines. 

 The photograph shown herewith is of 

 the strawberry bed and was taken about 

 April 10. Mr. Strimpl writes: "To the 

 right you see the field rolled and marked. 

 About thirty-two inches apart are six 

 trenches in which we set the plants. The 

 girls have been called to the front by the 

 photographer. To the left the field al- 

 ready is set. Behind the barn there 

 are last year's strawberries just peeping 

 through the mulch. They now (June 

 10) cover almost the entire field. They 

 are in single row. Observe also the water 

 furrows. 



We wonder how many of us C3uld 

 acquire so good a use of the language 

 employed in Bohemia as Mr. Strimpl has 

 done with English! It is interesting to 

 know that American plants and American 

 methods are employed with such fine 

 success on the European continent. W 

 are under obligations to Mr. Strimpl , 



his thought of us, and trust we are 



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have more information concerning fruit- 

 growing and fruit-selling in his country. 



Strawberries in Missouri 



THE summer meeting of the Mis- 

 souri State Horticultural Society 

 was held at Moberly in June, and 

 the strawberry was given due attention, 

 as befits an interest so rapidly becoming 

 of large commercial importance to that 

 state. 



Speaking on the subject of marketing 

 the crop. Secretary Goodman laid stress 

 upon the necessity of greater care in put- 

 ting the fruit in attractive shape on the 

 market. The difference in the way fruit 

 was packed and shipped by various grow- 

 ers was referred to, the secretary declar- 

 ing that some growers always will get 

 their fruit into market in good condition 

 and form, while others seldom do so. 

 The loss to all as a result of the failure 

 of the latter is not to be overestimated. 

 It was declared by another speaker that 

 growers in Missouri were glad to sell 

 their berries this season at from .$1.10 to 

 $1.15 per crate. It would be interesting 

 to know to what extent these low prices 

 were due to indifferent picking and 

 packing. 



Cj. T. Tippin, speaking from exper- 

 ience as a shipper extending over eight 

 years, considered it of first importance 

 that the grower study the market and 

 discover the niche he desired to fill, and 

 then drop in there. On another point he 

 said: "In packing either for carloads or 

 express, the best way is to have a printed 

 set of rules covering points of color, size, 

 how to pick and box, etc., remembering 

 the least possible handling is the best. 

 Field foremen should thoroughly under- 

 stand these rules and enforce them. The 

 three most important stages to note is 

 ripening, care in removing from the \ ines, 



