266 Success with Small Fruits. 



coat of manure was spread early in spring and plowed under. Cow-peas 

 were then sown and plowed under in August, when another coat of 

 manure was harrowed in. Planting was commenced August loth, and 

 the plants set fourteen inches from each other, in beds with alleys between 

 twenty-eight inches wide. They were worked with a cultivator, mulched 

 with pine straw in January, and stimulated from time to time with liquid 

 manure. The fact that they secured a good home market accounts, in 

 part, for the large profit. 



Through the courtesy of Captain Sigwald, himself a successful horti- 

 culturist, I was able to visit many strawberry plantations in the vicinity 

 of Charleston, S. C, and will give a few statistics from one of the most 

 flourishing. The plants were vigorous, and the long rows clean and free 

 from runners. The best plants had been set out in the preceding Septem- 

 ber. The force employed to set five and a half acres was : five hands taking 

 up the plants with a large patent transplanter that brought away a ball of 

 earth with the roots ; five more laborers " toting," or carrying on hand- 

 barrows, the plants from the propagating bed to the fruiting field, and four 

 planting. The expense of planting was $15 per acre. From the five and 

 a half acres, there were shipped to New York 15,200 quarts, on which the 

 freight, at fifteen cents per quart, amounted to $2,280. Commission on 

 sales was $413, leaving a balance of only $1,670, and out of this all other 

 expenses had to come. Thus it may be seen that the expense of 

 marketing the crop was greater than the expense of growing it and the net 

 profit combined a condition of things that should not last. The freight 

 has been reduced to ten cents per quart this year, I understand. 



The Monarch seems peculiarly adapted to East Tennessee, and Mr. 

 Ed. S. Sheppard, who first introduced them, found a sensation resulting 

 that in its proportions resembled the mammoth berry. 



The Crystal City and Captain Jack are favorite varieties in Missouri. 



For the latitude and climate of New York, and westward, much 

 suggestion has been given already. 



Mr. J. T. Lovett, of Little Silver, N. J., gives the following list as the 

 best selection for their light sandy soils : 



FOR THE HOME GARDEN. FOR MARKET OF VALUE IN THE 



ORDER NAMED. 



Strawberries. 



Strawberries. 

 French's Seedling best early crop. 



Charles Downing best medium, or main crop. Wilson's Albany, } ^^ ^. meni 

 Kentucky best late. Captain Jack, J 



