THE STRAWBERRY JUNE 1907 



his preference. The extensive grower 

 who owns a wire-stapler is quite liicely to 

 prefer to buy his materials and make up 

 his own boxes „nd perhaps his crates. 

 This is good work for stormy winter days. 

 The plan for the new grower to follow is 

 to send for catalogues, samples, etc., and 

 solve his own problem in the way best 

 suited to his needs. 



2. It is quite likely that, taken on the 

 average, more berries may be grown on 

 an acre in the matted row than on the 

 same space set in the single-hedge row. 

 But little fancy fruit is to be expected from 

 the matted row. 



C. H. S. .Ottawa, Kans. I have one-fourth 

 acre of plants set in the spring of 191)6. Kept 

 the blossoms picked off, and trained in single- 

 hedge row. The warm weather in March of 

 this year forced an early bloom and the freez- 

 ing weather of April killed two-thirds of the 

 bloom — a great many of them before they 

 were half open. Now I want to know if I 

 may let them bear what fruit they may, then 

 mow and burn the patch and use it for propa- 

 gating plants for next spring's setting? 



2. If so, how should I train the runners, i. e. , 

 is it necessary to remove part of runners in a 

 propagating bed? 



3. Will a bed like the aho\'e be all right to 

 use for the third crop of fruit? 



4. Would it be best to confine onesself to a 

 single variety or use more than one variety in 

 attempting to raise three or four acres of 

 strawberries for market? 



We would advise you to allow the 

 plants to fruit all they will this year, and 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING COLUMN 



AGENTS WANTED, CHANCES, ETC. 



■y^'E want one* lady or gentleman to take orders and df- 

 »* liver for us, ni])id seller, hiirhest quality eoods, sales 

 ill almost evprj' house. Best of pay and no money required 

 to r'iirrj- on tbi- work. Wo will send a proposition as soon 

 as we Qpftr from you. also sample pair of G-inch shears for 

 2H cents — stamps or silver. Write at once. United Sheiir 

 Co., Westboro. Mass. tf 



COLD STORAGE 



A COLD STORAGE PL.\NT will often pay for itself in 

 a Bin:_'le season. Fniit irrowers without a modem 

 cold room are handicapped. Wnte for descrii>tion of the 

 Gravit>- Brine System, statins size you are interested in. 

 and for purpose wanted. Madison Cooper Company. Xo. 

 100 Court St.. Watertown. N'. Y. tf 



DAIRY CATTLE 



HOLSTETN BUM, CALF for sale— one month old— for 

 iF2.%.00. I'un- l.n-il. reiiistered and fmm the best 

 strain of tbe nirist prntitahle dair\' cattle known. Dr. 

 Haines Three Rivers. Mich. 



FARMS AND LANDS FOR SALE 



2TKAWBERRY FARMS and Country Homes in the Tide, 

 water section of Viririnia. Some beautiful waterfront 

 properties. Wilcox and (Joodenow. Norfolk, Virginia. 7 



S'' 



POULTRY, EGGS, ETC. 



T^ ROSE COMB Brown LPL'horn Eggs, 75 cents. Henn- 

 O Tiedemann, Hammond. Ind. 6 



FOWLS, !fl..'>0; Eiiss. if 1.00— White LeEhorns, Bnff 

 Rocks, fine lari:e Biin-cd Rocks, good color Bnff 

 Cochins. H.S.Arnold Lanark. III. 6 



FOR SALE. White Leihom. White Rock and Pekin Duck 

 cEes for hat<-hinir. Collie Pnps. Homer PieeonK. If 

 you want something elCL'ant and reasonable write The 

 Miohaeli'' PonUr\- Farm . Marinette . Wis . 6 



PROPRIETARY ARTICLES 



IETTLCECKEAM. oldest and best for the skin. Won- 

 J derfnl for snnbnm . Sample free . Lettuce Cream Soap 

 with conpoti for real L'old rinL': 10 cents. Lettuce Cream 

 Co., Dept. S, Brooklyn, N. Y. 6 



after the fruit is picked, mow the vines ofT 

 and burn the foliage over, and then pro- 

 ceed to prepare the bed for a second crop. 

 But we would not advise you to take any 

 plants from this bed, as it is always best 

 to get plants from newly set plants. We 

 think it is quite likely that you will get a 

 better crop of berries than you now an- 

 ticipate, as many of the later buds will 

 mature into berries, that otherwise would 

 not have done so if all of the bloom had 

 been saved from the frost. 



2. It is not necessary to remove any 

 of the runners in a propagating bed, ex- 

 cept the weaker ones, and all laterals. 

 By laterals we mean the weak runners that 

 start from the main cord between the 

 mother plant and the runner plant. 



3. When a bed of plants fruits lightly, 

 the third crop generally is profitable. 



4. It always is best to use several va- 

 rieties, at least one variety for each season. 

 We recommend this for two reasons. 

 First, because you have berries through a 

 longer season, and second, because if the 

 bloom of one variety should be destroyed 

 by frost, there remains a chance for the 

 other varieties to escape. 



F. S., Walworth, Neb. Two years ago I set 

 out six hundred strawberries, and would have 

 had a fine crop last year but for an insect 

 which my neighbors call rose slugs. They 

 made their appearance about the time berries 

 began to ripen and ate berries, vines and all. 

 I was afraid to use poisons, as Paris green, on 

 account of affecting the fruit. If you know 

 of a remedy for these rose slugs will you 

 please advise. 



The remedy for rose slugs is arsenate 

 of lead, or disparene. It is unsafe to use 

 Paris green in sufficient strength to kill 

 the rose slug. In fact, the rose slug 

 seems not to be affected by Paris green. 

 Of course, no arsenates must be used 

 when fruit is on the vines. 



A. H. D., Reidsville, N. C. I wish to ask for 

 a little information of you, in regard to some 

 kind of insect that is destroying my berry 

 vines. These insects injured them very much 

 last summer and fall; in fact they killed some 

 of my vines; and this spring they have spread 

 most all over my patch. Unelss I can learn 

 how to destroy them I shall have to quit the 

 berry business. These wevils or bugs seem 

 to do their feeding at night, as I've never 

 been able to see them on the plants. They 

 puncture or eat the leaves full of small holes, 

 and keep the plants weak and small. Many 

 of the plants will not fruit at all because of 

 their weakened condition. 



From the description you have given 

 us of the insect which is causing you so 

 much trouble, we are lied to believe that 

 it is the saw-fly. This is a little greenish 

 worm that works on the under side of the 

 leaf. It does a great deal of this wOfk 



Page 149 



Fruit Packages of all Kinds 



Before ordering your supplies 

 write for our 

 Descriptive Catalogue 

 and Price List. 



BERLIN FRUIT BOX CO.. 

 Erie Co. Berlin Heights, Ohio. 



RELIABLE FRUIT LANDS 



\Vf t;-!! dosirablo Roal Fstn'e nnywhpre in tho Paoifle 

 Nnrl Invent \Vc will frivcy<»;i any information dftsir^d, 

 L:r!itis, i'bnnt th'.'; I)c,>t Strjiwlu'iTV. Kniit and Farm 

 Ivaii'1;^ in tlie Korthwist . Writt* us at once for free 



iiifuriuatinji, 



PURSE AND COMPANY 



No. 315 Chamber Commerce, Poritand, Oregon, 



HOMESKEKER'.S OPPOKTIINITY 



The Tnlafin Viin.v. thirty minutes ride from Port- 

 land. .Mild, hi-ultht'ul (d'iraate all tlif year— ideal 

 fruit, walnut and dairy lands, on easy terms. *liO 

 an acre upwards. Two intenirban railways — tjood 

 markets — thrivine towns — excellent schools. Write 

 for further particulars. 



Iiivestiuent Company 

 244 .Stark St. Portland, Ore. 



\'IRGINIA FARMS, *.W0 includine new 3-room 

 * cottaue and 25 acres for poultry, fruit and yeL'etables. 

 Oakdale tract, Wayerly, Va. Midway Norfolk and Rich- 

 nnind. Finest climate, water and markets. F. H. I^a- 

 Baume, A. & I. Agt. N. & W. Ry. , Box SB, Roanoke, Va. 



during the cool of the day and evenings. 

 It is very seldom found working upon the 

 leaf where the sun strikes it. It always 

 hunts the shady part of the leaf. At first 

 sight spray with Paris green, using about 

 eight ounces. Put this on two pounds of 

 lime, pouring over it about two gallons of 

 water, and when the lime is slaking it will 

 absorb the acid in ;he Paris green, which 

 will prevent any injury to the foliage. 

 After the lime and Paris green are thor- 

 oughly slaked and mi.xed together, add 

 enough water to make about forty gallons. 

 One spraying generally will destroy these 

 insects. 



I. E., La Luz, N. M. I enclose herewith two 

 strawberry leaves, which are turning yellow> 

 and wish to ascertain the cause, and remedy. 

 This is the Senator Dunlap variety, and plants 

 were set otit one year ago last March, and 

 have been well cared for, having had water 

 every nine days during berry season. They 

 are on medium-rich land — clay .soil. We are 

 just through picking for this season. There 

 was a great quantity of bloom but two-thirds 

 of the berries did not mature. There was no 

 other varieties of strawberries near tliis bed of 

 Senator Dunlap. 



The leaves you enclose appear to be 

 affected by some fungous disease. We 

 advise you to spray them with Bordeaux 

 mixture. While this will not cure the 

 plants already afFected, it will prevent it 

 from spreading over the healthy plants. 

 Sometimes a lack of potash in the soil will 

 cause the foliage to turn yellow, but in 

 your case the trouble is due to a fungous 

 disease. Prompt action will prevent its 

 spread over the healthy plants in the field. 



