THE STRAWBERRY JANUARY 1907 



diateand future results, while burning helps 

 future crops only! It is of no benefit the 

 year it is done. 



A great deal of infestation comes from 

 old wornoLit beds that are left to them- 

 selves. Such pest spots should be plowed 

 under, pulled up or otherwise destroyed. 



Another good plan is to grow straw- 

 berries on land continually cultivated in 

 connection with other crops, making short 

 rotations. 



Anderson, Calif. 



We are very glad to have this article 

 from Prof, .'\dams because it is not only 

 scientifically correct, but is told in so 

 practical a way as to make it possible for 

 the layman to comprehend and follow. 

 j\lr. Adams is correct when he says that 

 there are only a few diseases that attack 

 the strawberry plant, and all strawberry 

 growers must put forth their best efforts 

 to maintain this condition, and if we carry 

 out Mr. Adam's suggestions by spraying 

 and burning over the fruiting bed we 

 make it all the more difficult for both 

 disease and insect enemies of the straw- 

 berry to secure a foothold. Especially 

 should his suggestions concerning the tak- 

 ing of old plants from wornout beds be re- 

 ligiously followed. We hope that every 

 reader of The Strawberry will carefully 

 read this article, study well the lessons it 

 teaches and follow them to the letter. 



Mr. Adams mentions that some va- 

 rieties are more sensitive to fungous at- 

 tacks than others, which is true. But no 

 matter how susceptible a variety may be 

 to these influences, some plants of that 

 variety have tougher leaf-tissues than 

 others, and by carrying forward a series of 

 selections, using these disease-resisting 

 plants, the breeder eventually will produce 

 a strain of plants of that variety from 

 which that tendency will be practically 

 eliminated. This is a feature of plant 

 improvement upon the importance of 

 which we lay much emphasis. — Editor 

 The Strawberry. 



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Page 14 



that a schedule of prices exactly meets 

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 careless enough to grow 'thirds — all 

 right! He gets in the market just what's 

 coming to him. And so does the man 

 who grows the A No. 1 kind! 



