THE STRAWBERRY APRIL 1907 



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given a tray holding four baskets and a 

 ticicet. I have two pickers to each row. 

 When they get their baskets full they 

 bring them to the office and receive credi. 

 by having a hole punched in their tickets. 

 In this way they keep track of their own 

 work. 



I have a foreman to look after the pick- 

 ing. No one is allowed to walk cross- 

 ways of the rows while carrying out berries. 

 I pay for picking every night. I have 

 the pickers register their names by number, 

 commenceing at No. 1. When they 

 bring in their berries their number is 

 marked on the handle of their tray with 

 chalk; then if anything is wrong with the 

 berries one knows who is to blame. I 

 used to have a great deal of trouble be- 

 cause pickers would put bad berries and 

 leaves, sometimes straw, in the bottom 

 of the box and nice berries on top. But 

 this plan puts a stop to that, as each pick- 

 er's name is on his own berries and any 

 trouble that might arise easily is located, 



Alpena, Mich. 



Mr. Van Wagoner exhibits a spirit of 

 helpfulness and good-fellowship worthy 



of imitation by all the members of The 

 Strawberry family. It is highly import- 

 ant that the scientific side of strawberry 

 production be presented; without it we 

 never should know the whys and where- 

 fores of it. But it is the plain accounts 

 of the actual experiences of practidal men 

 that inspire and encourage others to try 

 to achieve success in their work. 



Spring Work with Ever-Bearing 



Varieties 



By S. H. Warren 



I WOULD like to remind those people 

 who bought everbearing "Pan Amer- 

 ican" strawberry plants last spring 

 that now is the right time to divide their 

 crowns to increase the plants. 



It is like the cutting apart of a clump 

 of rhubarb. It renews life, causing the 

 plants to send out new roots. Be sure 

 to reset them at once in strong, moist soil, 

 as that is what they require. If this is 

 done you may be as sure of getting as 

 good a crop of berries in August, Septem- 



berand October as from any spring-bearing 

 variety. This I know, as 1 have fruited 

 them four years. 



My plants do the best on a reclaimed 

 swamp. The originator grows his on 

 strong clay soil. Be sure to keep all the 

 blossom-stems cut of? till July 15 if you 

 wish to have them do their best in the fall. 

 Where the soil suits them, new blossom- 

 stems are appearing continuously until 

 freezing weather in November here in 



Massachusetts. Weslon, Miss. 



ON a recent Monday morning the 

 pastor of a church in Virginia was 

 the recipient of a basket of blackberries 

 brought to him by a little girl of the 

 parish. 



"Thank you very much, my dear," 

 said the minister. "These berries are as 

 fine as any I've seen. I hope, however, that 

 vou did not gather them yesterday — the 

 Sabbath." 



"No, sir," replied the child, "I pulled 

 'em early this mornin', but they was a 

 growin' all day yesterday." 



