THE STRAWBERRY FEBRUARY 1907 



ward for my labor I had as fine a lot of 

 plants as anyone could wish to see. 



Well, the plants wintered finely, and 

 what a pretty sight they were at blossom- 

 ing time, and how anxiously I watched 

 them all through their season of growth! 

 It was then that I began to realize that 

 my labor was indeed about to have its full 

 reward, for such berries I never before 

 had seen. They grew until it seemed 

 they could be no larger, and then kept 

 right on growing; and such a beautiful 

 color, so rich and red that it was a delight 

 to look at them. 



Up to this time I had given but little 

 thought about how or where I would 

 market my berries, but a bright thought 

 came to me, and I packed a box of Sam- 

 ples and sent it to the proprietor of the 

 principal store in our little village with a 

 request that he exhibit them for a time 

 and then eat them for his supper. 



Well now, I tell you, that plan worked, 

 for in a short time orders came rushing in 

 over the farm teleplione for more berries 

 than I could possibly supply even had 

 my patch been many times larger. 



My boxes I filled rounding full, and 

 that with the quality of the berries made 

 a striking contrast to the average lots that 

 were offered for sale at the same time. 

 To make a long story short, I picked 340 

 full quart boxes, and as I sold for twelve 

 and one-half cents per box it is easy for 

 The Strawberry readers to see I had quite 

 a tidy little sum to my account, and it is 

 perhaps needless to say that I shall try to 

 enlarge my bed from year to year. And 

 I wish to say that what I have done, can 

 be done by other women whose lot in 

 life is to li\e on a farm. 



Dryden, Me. 



'T'HE reason the big strawberries are 

 * always on the top of the box is be- 

 cause they were picked last and had a 

 longer time to grow, according to a very 

 thoughtful and considerate exchange. 



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ORLANDO HARRISON, who is 

 one of the most extensive nur- 

 serymen in the United States, also 

 enjoys the triple distinction of being presi- 

 dent of both the American Association of 

 Nurserymen and of the Maryland Society 

 and mayor of his home town, Berlin, Md. 

 He had the pleasure as mayor of welcom- 

 ing to his city the horticulturists of his 

 state at their recent annual meeting, and 

 in the course of his address he said some- 

 thing that ought to sink deep into the 

 minds of people everywhere. We quote: 

 "We the tillers of the soil of the state 

 of Maryland, produce about thirty-five 

 million dollars annually. I claim that 

 any state that produces so much wealth 

 by means of its farmers and gardeners 



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should be entitled to a building in the 

 great central city of the state, which should 

 be known as the Horticultural Hall. I 

 ask here today that some son of Maryland 

 donate a plot of land for this purpose and 

 ask the state to erect a building for the 

 farmers, truckers and fruit growers and 

 centralize various office buildings of the 

 state that are located in Baltimore City in 

 one, which will be an economy to the 

 state and give the tillers of the soil an 

 opportunity to put their products on exhi- 

 bition in our principal city continually. 

 Let us show what can be grown in this 

 grand old state of Maryland." 



The horticultural possibilities of nearly 



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every state in the Union are beyond esti- 

 mate. We have not begun to scratch 

 the surface of things as yet — where we 

 produce dimes now we can produce 

 thousands of dollars. There's millions 

 in the soil at our feet if only we will 

 "dig" for it. Why should a Maryland 

 man, or a Michigan man, or an Illinois 

 man, go about looking for pastures new 

 when right at home, without a cent for 

 railroad fare and without disturbing the 

 old-home relations, so dear to him and his 

 family, there are opportunities that show 

 a pay streak of gold with every spadeful 

 of earth? Think of these things. Ifever\' 

 state followed President and Mayor Har- 



