THE STRAWBERRY MAY 1907 



ing the plant in the best working condi- 

 tion by supplying an abundance of mois- 

 ture at the surface. If it is plants that 

 one is after we should then use the sandy 

 soil, as it is very essential and allows the 

 roots to penetrate the soil deeper. 



Delights of the Strawberry Patch 



By Cora June Sheppard 



From tlie FHrmei's Voir*- 



WHO is there, with a little land at 

 hand that would be without a 

 few rows of strawberries? They 

 give one a continuous feast for a month 

 or more. And who would buy berries 

 when they can raise their own and have 

 them fresh from the vines, at every meal. 

 Soon after we were married in June, 

 1904, my husband placed strawberry plants 

 in the space between our barn and the 

 neighbor's. The next season, they were 

 a joy indeed. We ate the fresh berries, 



NICK HESS' PATCH AT FT. SMITH, ARK. 



we canned them for winter, and we gave 

 some away. 



Early in the season '05 before patch No. 

 1 had yielded, patch No. 2, consisting of 

 four rows in the garden, had been planted. 



Walter L. Minch, the strawberry man 

 of this section, has unbounded faith in the 

 strawberry. He has several large patches 

 and picks every day of the season. 



He claims the plants call for a year's 

 attention before fruition — and the man who 

 enters the undertaking is pretty sure of 

 success if he sticks to the duty at hand. 

 An authority says it means getting right 

 down in the dirt — and going into it with 

 your hands. No man or woman addicted 

 to the glove habit when at work need 

 compete for the prize along this line. 



Dirt is healthy and full of life-giving 

 qualities. My husband for one, seems 

 to love to get his hands dirty. In imag- 

 ination I can now see his fingers sprawled 

 out and working in the pliable earth, plac- 

 ing the plants with a magic touch that 

 seems to make every one grow. 



Patch No. 2 contained two rows of 

 Bubachs for early berries and two of 

 Stevens' Champions for a late variety. 

 We picked the first May 20; by May 25 

 we were picking them by the box — and ere 



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long by the crate. When once they had 

 been tasted by neighbors and friends they 

 wanted more. 



They came to the patch and bought 

 them as fast as we could pick them, paying 

 from 7 to 10 cents per quart. 



We ate them three times a day from 

 May 25 to June 25. 



1 made a strawberry shortcake all but 

 four or five of the days of that month. 



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We were still hungry for strawberries 

 — and wish Luther Burbank would invent 

 a berry to last all summer. 



We have some particular friends with 

 whom we share our abundance and sent 

 each a quart of berries each day — to others 

 we gave as the spirit moved. 



Mrs. Sheppard is a regular reader of 

 The Strawberry, and her enthusiasm and 



