No. 4.] SMALL FRUITS AND BERRIES. 113 



Question. How does the price when delivered in that 

 v/aj compare with the ordinarily put np strawberries ? 



Mr. Wheelek. Last summer the first berries we sent in 

 these trays brought 30 cents ; the berries the next week in this 

 tray brought 20, and in crates about 121/2* Generally they 

 vary, but in trays it is sometimes double over crates. We 

 generally get 5 or 6 cents a quart more in these trays than 

 in the 32-quart crate. In this package you must be sure 

 that all your berries are JSTo. 1. 



Question. In what form do you market currants ? 



Mr. Wheelee. Generally in the 32-quart crate. 



Question. What proportion of sulfur do you use in 

 spraying ? 



Mr. Wheeler. I use the regular commercial solution of 

 lime and sulfur. In preparing lime and sulfur you use 1 gal- 

 lon of lime and sulfur to 10 gallons of water for a dormant 

 spray ; 1 gallon lime-sulfur to 50 gallons of water for sum- 

 mer spray. 



Question. What oil do you use ? 



Mr. Wheeler. I have used Scalecide and Arlington oil ; 

 both are good. 



Question. Plow often do you renew the strawberry beds ? 



Mr. Wheeler. We only fruit them once in the matted 

 rows ; it doesn't pay to weed them out. In hills, we fruit 

 them for three years. 



Question. Will it pay to plant on the hill system three 

 years ? 



Mr. Wheeler. Yes, if you keep the runners off in good 

 shape, because you can then cultivate through the rows and 

 keep the weeds out of them easily. 



Question. Do you take any stock in Mr. Kcvitt's asser- 

 tion that you can run the hill system for ten years ? 



Mr. Wheeler. No, I don't ; I don't believe in it. Throe 

 years is as long as I have been able to do it, and I wouldn't 

 advise anybody to try it any longer ; it isn't profitable. 



Question. What do you consider a good gross income 

 from an acre of strawberries ? 



Mr. Wheeler. Last year some of the growers in Concord 

 realized as high as $500 an acre gross income ; some of them 



