THE STRAWBERRY AUGUST 1907 



the other fellow would ha\e to wait till 

 mine were gone.' 



"There isn't nuich difference between 

 raising berries and breeding poultry after 

 all," I said. "The man who has the best 

 to sell gets the first chance while prices 

 are highest." 



"That's so," assented Charlie. "I sup- 

 pose it's true of everything. There's 

 plenty of room in this world for the man 

 who produces the best, whether he raises 

 berries or poultry, or anything else. The 

 best book sells the best and the biggest 

 berries bring the biggest price, because 

 every man wants to have the best, eat the 

 best, live better than his neighbor and 

 make a better showing. The man who 

 can sell flavored water done up in the 

 shape of strawberries will always find a 

 market if his particular lot of flavor and 

 water is colored and sweetened and flav- 

 ored a little higher than those of any one 

 else. Health and length of days lie in 

 the berry patch for him who seeks them. 

 I have been all along the way and I 

 know." 



"It seems to have been a pleasant way," 

 I said, looking at Mollie, who sat smiling 

 at the earnestness of her husband. 



"It's the highway of contentment," 

 said Charlie. 



A Buckeye State Report 



By S. H. Snow 



I HAVE been growing strawberries for 

 several years, fruiting each year from 

 three-fourths to one and one-half acres. 

 This year we did not have what I con- 

 sidered a full crop, the late frosts getting 

 the bulk of our early varieties, but the 

 price held good all through the season, 

 so I think that made up for 

 the deficit in quantity. A ber- 

 ry that has gone through this 

 season and bore a full crop or 

 nearly so, is a good one to 

 tie to. 



Well, the old standaid War- 

 held has been my favoritf pet 

 (with Dimlap for its ma e) lor 

 several ye:iis. and this year 

 has confirmed me more than 

 ever that ii is one of the best, 

 if not the best all-round berry 

 grown. Since I have grown 

 berries I have fruited over 

 thirty varieties; out of these I 

 have sifted my favorite pets, 

 which are W'arfield at the head 

 with Dunlap a close second, 

 then comes the following in 

 their order: August Luiher, 

 Haverlandand Bederwood for 

 earl)-; Glen Mary, Wm. Belt, 

 Brandywine and Gandy for 

 late. 



1 think this was one of the 

 best sea^ons to sell berries in 

 this section I ever have seen. 



I could not begin to fill my orders. Ber- 

 ries were all sold over the 'phone before 

 the pickers could get them off the vines. 

 "No matter about the price, but just bring 

 the berries!" was the cry of my customers. 

 I hope this may be of soine interest to 



The Strawberry folks. Pioneer, Ohio. 



Helpful Hints From Our Folks 



HERE are some suggestions from a 

 reader at Kirkland, Wash.: 



This is my plan of making a 

 runner cutter and it saves getting on one's 

 knees and pinching them off. Take a 

 steel hoe, an old one will do, and haNe 

 the blacksmith straighten the shank, and 

 if it is soft tell him to harden it so that it 

 will hold a good cutting edge. Then go 

 along the row and cut them off. 



I think my way of setting plants can't 

 well be improved; I set rows twenty-six 

 inches apart and plants (root and top 

 pruned) thirteen to fifteen inches in the 

 row. They are easy to keep clean and very 

 little ground is unused. Some of my plants 

 set the last week in April have ten leaves, 

 and runners have to be cut once a week. 



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'T'RUE economy always moves along the line 

 * of least resistance, which means, when ap- 

 plied to the market, lower prices. No matte 

 how iiuli\ iduals, seeking to retain a monopoly 

 or a high range of prices, may strive to hood- 

 wink the people, it is true that the man who will 

 put out the best goods at the lowest price will 

 control the market. These reflections are sug- 

 gested by the attempt now going on by a coterie 

 of lumbermen to injure the business of Gordon, 

 Van Tine & Co , the famous mill-work manu- 

 facturers of Davenport, la. , because that com- 

 pany is able to sell doors, windows, sash, blinds, 

 screens, etc. , at prices lower than the uneconomic 

 methods used by the aforesaid lumbermen ad- 

 mits of their doing. We warn these obstruction- 



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 everything they do will serve only to bring out 

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^^E are in receipt of the catalogue of Charles 

 "^ E. Fendall of Towson, Md., whose adver- 

 tisement of the Fendall strawberr\' appears in this 

 issue. It will be remembered that in The Straw- 

 berry for August, 1906, we published the inter- 

 esting account of Mr. Fendall's discovery of this 

 berry, illustrating it with a photo-engraving of 

 one vine of the variety laden with fruit. Mr. 

 Fendall writes us that further experience with 

 the berry only confirms and strengthens his first 

 impressions of its great value. It is the day of 

 great things in horticultural development, and 

 we welcome everything that points in the direc- 

 tion of improvement. 



STRAWBERRIES AMONG THE STUMPS L. R. WALKER'S FIELD, ALDERSON, W. VA. 



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