THE STRAWBERRY AUGUST 1906 



and packing first-class fruit, leaving the 

 rest in the patch. Have pickers grade as 

 far as is possible. As a rule fruit is al- 

 lowed to get too ripe for long shipments." 

 Dr. J. C. Whitten, horticulturist of the 

 Missouri E.xperiment Station, referred to 

 an instance of successful strawberry grow- 

 ing achieved by a negro at Columbia in 

 that state. This man, who formerly \\as 

 a day laborer, used his plat of three-fourths 

 of an acre of ground in raising strawber- 

 ries, mainly Warfield, Bubach, Clyde and 

 Gandy. The berries were all sold in 

 home market, and the crop for three 

 \'ears, on the same ground, has brought 

 o\er $1,000. He uses the matted row, 

 and when plowing is done turns out all 

 the row but one edge. Sows bone meal 

 for fertilizer, and works the soil in good 

 shape. Grades carefully, only marketing 

 the fine fruit. The rest is made into 

 preserves by his wife, who is working up 

 a good trade in this line. 



Some Plants for a Dry Climate 



I INTEND to set some plants next spring, 

 and I thought best to start now and get 

 posted on the subject and secure information as 

 to the leading varieties for this locality. Will 

 you please suggest three good varieties each of 

 extra-early, early, medium and late. Also please 

 give me information as to how to mate them so 

 as to get largest yields. 

 Coyle, Okla. A. R. 



THE list of standard varieties is a 

 long one, and there are many good 

 varieties. Strawberries are a good 

 deal like friends — we all tliink more of 

 some than we do of others, though we 

 like them all. Every grower has his 

 pets, and doubtless it will be only a short 

 time before you, like the rest of them, 

 will fall in love with some particular 

 varieties which you will make your lead- 

 ers. And this is the thing to do, because 

 when a man falls in love with his work 

 something will soon "be doing." 



In order to get you started on the right 

 track we suggest that you start with well- 

 known and thoroughly tested standard 

 varieties — that is, set largely to these, 

 though, if you would like to try some of 

 the newer varieties, do so on a small 

 scale. Then it will be time enough, 

 when they have approved themselves, to 

 set out a large acreage. 



For the three extra-early varieties we 

 should suggest Excelsior, Climax and 

 Texas. As all of these are bisexuals, it 

 will not matter in which order they are 

 set. For medium, we would name Par- 

 son's Beauty, Senator Dunlap and Wil- 

 liam Belt; all of these also are bisexual, 

 and may be set in the order that best 

 suits you. We should like to name 

 Haverland in the list of mediums, but 

 fear it would not be suitable to your hot, 

 dry climate. For late varieties we recom- 

 mend Dornan, Sample and Brandywine. 

 The Sample, being a pistillate, should be 



set between rows of the two late bisex- 

 uals; that is, three rows of Brandywine, 

 three of Sample and three of Dornan 

 until all are set. 



Of course, there are many other good 

 varieties that would do well in your 

 locality. In making these selections we 

 have chosen those that are deep-rooters 

 and will do well in a dry climate. We 

 are sure it will be difficult to choose a 

 better lot than is here named, your soil 

 and climatic conditions considered. 



The Fendall Strawberry 



ONE of the readers of The Straw- 

 berry who is an enthusiast in all 

 that pertains to strawberry pro- 

 duction is Charles E. Fendall of Towson, 

 Md., who sends us a photograph of a 

 new berry that originated in his garden 

 and which he is encouraged to believe is 

 destined to take a high place among pop- 

 ular varieties. We have reproduced the 

 photograph for the benefit of our readers. 



v\hich appears herewith, and we quote 

 from Mr. Fendall's interesting account of 

 the berry itself and the estimate he places 

 upon it: 



"This berry originated in my garden at 

 Towson. The plant was found in the 

 spring of 1905, in a row of Wm. Belts; 

 therefore it is either a seedling or a sport 

 of the Belt. When I first saw the stran- 

 ger I immediately marked it. When it 

 bloomed I observed that the blossom was 

 imperfect, while the Belt, as is well 

 known, is perfect. It fruited a few ber- 

 ries in 1905 and they proved to be large 

 and attractive — so much so that at the 

 end of the season I carefully moved the 

 plant to another part of the garden. From 

 this plant I succeeded in getting enough 

 plants to set out a row thirty feet long. 

 This was done during the months of 

 August and September of 1905. The 

 plant is an exceedingly strong grower, 

 from twelve to fifteen inches high, and 

 throws out a great many runners. The 

 berry is early — in fact, a week earlier than 

 any other very large variety. Its color is 



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