THE STRAWBERRY FEBRUARY 1907 



Merely sprinkle it along the rows of the 

 plants. The rains will dissolve it and 

 carry it down into the soil where the 

 plants will use it immediately. We men- 

 tion this so that growers who do not culti- 

 vate their fruiting bed, will find it possible 

 to use the soda as well as those who do 

 cultivate. 



We would caution growers against using 

 lime except in very light applications. 

 Wood ashes are preferable. The latter 

 contain 30 per cent of lime and in such 

 form as does not over-stimulate the soil as 

 does the pure slaked lime. — Editor Straw- 

 berry. 



Berry-Growing in Washington 



FROM F.E.Corliss of North Yakima, 

 Wash., comes a letter to The Straw- 

 berry which serves to emphasize the 

 importance of quality in fruit, and inci- 

 dentally contains a cheerful word about 

 this magazine. He says: "Here is my re- 

 newal for The Stawberry, and I send 

 $1.25, as I wish the paper sent to a friend 

 who is very enthusiastic concerning straw- 

 berry culture. I am very glad to renew, 

 for your magazine is the best thing to keep 

 a man in the right road of anything I ever 

 came across 



"My plants did finely in 1906. I had 

 less than a quarter of an acre and I took 

 off of it $125 in cash. I fooled them all 

 in this town. I put the first berries on 

 the market (Excelsior, May 7) beating 

 Kenewick and Hood River districts, and 

 got 35 cents a quart — 'skinned' the home- 

 growers by fully ten days. More than 

 that, I got from 3 to 5 cents more a quart 

 than any other grower in this valley. Ber- 

 ries went as low as three for a quarter, 

 and some sold for $1.25 a crate, but I did 

 not sell a berry for less than twelve and a 

 half cents a quart. 



"It was comical, the surprised way in 

 which the people looked at me' and my 

 fruit. I had just kept still about my ber- 

 ries, and nobody knew who Corliss was 

 until I came out with my beautiful fruit; 

 and say, the other fellows felt queer. I 

 followed The Strawberry way as nearly 

 as I knew how. My berries were all 

 packed in an attractive way; every box and 

 case was stamped, and I started out as 

 near right as I could. The result is I 

 already have made a good reputation. 

 Next season I shall have a half-acre of 

 fruit to turn off, and hope to set two acres 

 more to plants." 



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