THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1907 



The Strawberry — its all good." And from 

 away down East, comes this cheery word 

 from W. J. Colby of Brunswick, Me: 

 "Your Strawberry is a peach, and don't 

 you forget it!" 



A Convenient Tool for Straw- 

 berry Folk 

 By R. C. Sabin 



PARTLY in exchange for the many 

 good ideas I have taken from The 

 Strawberry, I wish to offer the fol- 

 lowing: A neat tool for cutting runners 

 may be made of a common hoe. Have 

 a blacksmith heat the shank and straighten 

 it out true and straight, so that the handle 

 will be perpendicular to the blade. You 

 will then have a light spud or chisel with 

 which you can cut one, two and some- 

 times three runners at a stroke. It will 

 be found very nice for those who are too 

 proud to bend the knee; or for these 

 whose spinal columns have become ossi- 

 fied by lack of exercise. A stroke with 

 this tool does not pull on the runner as 

 much as does a stroke with the common 

 hoe. 



Ludington, Mich. 



We are pleased to receive such sugges- 

 tions as Mr. Sabin has offered, and are 

 sure our readers will appreciate it. And 

 we hope others may follow his example. 



READERS of The Strawberry who 

 fail to study its advertising columns 

 lose much of interest and value to them- 

 selves. This thought is suggested by the 

 fact that we have received during the last 

 three weeks so many letters asking ques- 

 tions concerning certain articles advertised 

 in The Strawberry, when the information 

 asked for was clearly given in the adver- 

 tisement itself. The Strawberry makes it 

 a point to keep its advertising columns 

 free from everything that is doubtful, and 

 there is very little appearing in its pages 

 but will be of interest to every one of its 

 readers. We urge a careful reading of 

 its advertising pages every month. 

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OEADERS of The Strawberry who are 

 A * getting prices far above the market, 

 just because their berries are better than 

 the other fellows', constantly increases, and 

 we expect every one of them to do so in 

 1907. In a note full of enthusiasm for 

 his work and of kind words and suggestions 

 for this magazine, Ellis D. Greene of 

 Rochester, N. Y., has the following to say: 

 "I have had no trouble in getting 15 

 cents for firsts, 20 cents for fancy, and 25 

 cents for extra-fancy when the choice in 

 the market were 11 cents. The women 

 and children were out watching and wait- 

 ing for me. They said they never ate 

 such berries before. I think from what 

 little experience I have had in the past 

 two years I shall have no difficulty in 



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disposingof a good quality — all I can make 

 an acre yield — and not go under 15 cents. 

 All are willing and glad to get them at 

 that when they find every berry good and 

 fresh and the boxes well filled." Of 

 course they are. That is just the exper- 

 ience of everybody who grows berries of 

 high quality and packs them right. 



NEVER in the history of strawberry 

 culture has the value of adhering 

 closely to well-founded rules been more 

 deeply impressed upon growers than dur- 

 ing the season of 1906. It is generally 

 agreed that it was the most difficult season 

 ever experienced by the strawberry world. 

 Yet some oi" the most remarkable successes 

 known, both as to quantity and quality of 

 yield, are recorded. Why this is so is 

 suggested by Samuel Cooper in his in- 



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THE DICKY STRAWBERRY 



The best one to plant with the Cardinal. A 

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