THE STRAWBERRY 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS 

 OF STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 



Volume II No. 2 



Three Rivers, Mich., February, 1907 



$1.00 a Year 



FROM the president of the Nashville Strawberry Asso- 

 ciation conies a note giving in brief form the manner 

 and method of the Tennessee organization. As many 

 strawberry growers in other sections are contemplating 

 organizing before the selling season begins we publish extracts 

 from the secretary's letter, hoping it may encourage them to put 

 their half-formed plans into execution. 

 The president writes: "The Nashville 

 Strawberry Association was organized in 

 August, 1905, by the election of a presi- 

 dent, vice-president, secretary and sales- 

 man, the secretary to be treasurer also 

 unless the rule was changed by a vote of 

 the members. The association shipped 

 in 1906 more than eleven thousand six- 

 gallon crates of strawberries at an average 

 price approximating ,$2 a crate. Most of 

 them were sold en the track at Nashville. 

 The secretary and the sales agent sell the 

 fruit, collect all moneys and pay the same 

 over to each member according to his 

 due. The membership fee is one dollar, 

 Eind each member is furnished with a 

 itencil stamped wi his name, number 

 and rural route. Fo. air services the 

 secretary and the salesman receive five 

 cents each per crate. The president and 

 vice-president receive no pay for services. 

 The officers are — W. R. Johns, president; 

 George W. Carney, vice-president; A. W. 

 Freeman, secretary and treasurer; Charles 

 R. Dair, manager and salesman." It is 

 interesting to note that the cost to the 

 grower of selling this fruit was less than 

 one-half cent per quart — a record for the 

 organization plan most encouraging. 



CENATOR DUNLAP, whose name 

 has become a household word vvhere- 

 ever strawberries are grown because of 

 the favorite variety that bears his name — 

 while not extensively interested in grow- 

 ing strawberries is one of the best-known 

 horticulturists in the country, and as presi- 

 dent for many years of the Illinois State Horticultural Society, 

 and as head of the Apple Growers' Association of the Mississippi 

 Valley, has filled for many years a large place in the eye of the 

 fruit-growing interests of the nation. And as his enthusiasm 

 grows with each year, and his horticultural responsibilities ap- 

 pear to be increasing with time, his name is destined to be still 

 better known in the future. By the way, Mr. Duiilap won his 



An Appreciation 



Clio, Mich., Jan. ?, '07 



The Strawberry, 



Three Rivers. 

 Gentlemen :-Enclosed 

 please find one dollar 

 for payment for The 

 Strawberry for 1907. 

 May success attend 

 your efforts to make it 

 impossible for any 

 strawberry grower to 

 be without it. We are 

 very grateful for the 

 information it fur- 

 nished us the past year. 

 We are only fearful 

 that you cannot main- 

 tain its present stand- 

 ard at the price of 

 subscription. Again 

 wishing you success, 

 we are 



Yours truly, 

 Jones & Haven. 



title as senator by sixteen years of service (sixteen years with 

 the conclusion of his present term) in the upper house of the 

 Illinois legislature. How much Illinois horticulture owes to 

 his services in its behalf is beyond computation, but it is very 

 gieat. Now that the educational side of Illinois agriculture is 

 calling for substantial consideration in connection with the col- 

 lege at Urbana, a call that ought to be 

 honored to the utmost, it is gratifying to 

 know that so intelligent a friend of ad- 

 vanced horticulture is in position to help 

 along the good work. 



|\/IR. DUNLAP was one of the pro- 

 gram makers at the recent annual 

 meeting of the Michigan State Horticul- 

 tural Society held at Benton Harbor, and 

 in course of conversation with a Straw- 

 berry representative spoke of his orchard 

 at Savoy, 111., one of the finest in his state. 

 "It is matter of surprise to some people 

 that I can afFord to grow apples on $200- 

 an-acre land," said Senator Dunlap, "and 

 it would not be possible to do so at a 

 profit unless the orchard was first-class 

 and its product such as to command im- 

 mediate sale at top prices. As a matter 

 of fact, I do not have to ship my apples 

 any distance, as the people of Champaign 

 and Urbana are glad to get them, so that- 

 I have neither freight or commission deal- 

 ers' charges to pay. Here is a lesson 

 of highest importance from experience. 

 There is no doubt that Mr. Dunlap is 

 netting more from his land, acre for acre, 

 than many apple growers in his state whose 

 orchards are on $50-land, and are located 

 in districts better adapted for fruit than is 

 the corn land of his particular section. It 

 is a lesson in quality that ought to appeal 

 to fruit growers in every line. 



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kNE of the men in closest touch with 

 the fruit-growing trade at a certain 

 Michigan ciiy on the lake was discussing 

 with a visitor some features of the strawberry trade there. "Do 

 you know why it is there is so much poor stuff allowed to go 

 from this town and surrounding country.'" he asked. "It's be- 

 cause of the low freight rates given by the boat lines to Chicago. 

 The rates are so low, and it is known that almost anything can 

 be palmed off on the Chicago market, that many growers make 

 no attempt to select and pack their berries attractively. It 



