THE STRAWBERRY JUNE 1907 



their trade that Beatty named the price, 

 and that they had no control over it what- 

 ever. 



"We think his berries are worth all he 

 asks for them, for they are nicely and 

 honestly packed in full quart boxes." 

 This little explanation satisfied their cus- 

 tomers, and the demand for Beatty's cel- 

 ebrated strawberries grew far beyond the 

 supply. 



The Dennison Hotel at Indianapolis 

 contracted for enough fancy berries to 

 supply its guests. T. J. Cullen was at 

 that time manager of this great hotel. 

 From there Mr. Cullen went to Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, and took charge of the Burnett 

 house, and my berries were ordered for the 

 table of that hotel also. This was a dis- 

 tance of 225 miles from the farm. The 

 distance and transfers made it rather diffi- 

 cult to get the berries there in good con- 

 dition, except such good shippers as Gandy. 

 The crop of berries and the price ob- 

 tained for them this season were both 

 perfectly satisfactory, and I felt that my 

 plan of marketing was now a perfect suc- 

 cess. The extra-big crop of berries I 

 harvested from Warfields convinced me 

 beyond a doubt that my method of mat- 

 ing pistiUates with two bisexuals was just 

 the thing. The experimental bed was a 

 great instructor. Here where different 

 varieties of bisexuals were set side by side, 

 I could see a great gain in quantity and 

 quality of fruit. From this experimental 

 bed I would fill small tomato baskets with 

 the choicest berries, and then put a wreath 

 of leaves around the baskets. These we 

 used for show windows and advertising 

 purposes. Another good way I had for 

 advertising was to furnish a four-paged 

 circular filled full of valuable recipes for 

 preparing Beatty's celebrated berries, and 

 of course these recipes were a total failure 

 unless my berries were used! Fancy la- 

 bels were on each crate of fancy berries, 

 and all stationery used was of the very 

 best and neatly printed. All of the good 

 dealers expressed regrets when the berries 

 were gone, and everyone engaged them 

 for the next year. 



(Continued in July Number. I 



Helpful Hints From Our Folks 



Tile Firsl Coniribulion 



By R. C. Sabin 



YOUR idea of having a department 

 called "Helpful Hints From Our 

 Folks" is surely a good one. 1 he 

 great diawback to strawberry growing is 

 the great amount of hand labor it requires. 

 Any tool that will reduce or expedite that 

 labor is a boon to strawberry folk. Now, 

 to give the new department a send off, 

 I wish to tell you about narrowing up the 

 rows after the picking season is over and 

 the old mulching burned. 



Take a sharp common disc and remove 

 some of the outer disc, so as not to throw 



soil on the rows on each side. Now spread 

 the disc so as to leave the row just as wide 

 as you like. With a steady team you can 

 cut a row down to as fine a line as possi- 

 ble. The disc throws the soil away from 

 both sides and does not disturb what is 

 left of the row. A bar-shear plow is sure 

 to loosen up the row too much when 

 cutting it narrow. Of course, the disc 

 can not be used to advantage unless there 

 is room to turn at the ends. 



Ludington, Micii. 



OUR thanks are due Mr. Sabin for 

 this initial contribution to what we 

 hope is to become an important depart- 

 ment in The Strawberry. The very best 

 aids the strawberry grower can receive 

 will come out of the practical experiences 

 of his fellow-growers. What may seem 

 very simple to you may prove of infinite 

 help to someone else if you will tell him 

 about it. Tell him just how to do it, and 

 when to do it, and why is should be done. 

 The thousands of readers of The Straw- 

 berry who are immediately interested in 



the cultivation of the strawberry will ren- 

 der the world a very large service if they 

 will give it the benefit of their experiences. 



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AMONG the great associations having 

 for their object the up-building of 

 horticultural interests in the United States 

 must be accounted as one of the leaders 

 the American Association of Nurserymen, 

 and Michigan may feel especially pleased 

 that the annual meeting of that association 

 is to be held within her boundaries. De- 

 troit has been fixed upon as the place and 

 the time June 12 to 14 next. The pro- 

 gram prepared for the event, both as it 

 relates to questions of a technical or busi- 

 ness nature having to do with nursery and 

 fruit-growing interests, and to the events 

 of interest and pleasure arranged by the 

 entertainment committee, is said to be the 

 most attractive in the entire history of the 

 association. All who can do so should 

 attend this convention. It will be of large 

 profit to the fruit-grower and nurseryman. 



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