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have several varieties in the home ground and to try some 

 of the newer varieties which are being introduced from 

 time to time, as they add to the interest of growing the 

 fruit, even though that particular variety may not do so 

 very well. 



For the commercial grower, and particularly the grower 

 in sections where there are successful strawberry planta- 

 tions, it is best to adopt those kinds which are known to 

 be a success in that particular section, and on the same 

 kind of soil. In all of the large berry growing districts 

 some one or two berries are grown more extensively than 

 other kinds. For example, in the Southern states Klon- 

 dike and Texas are the leading varieties. In the Ozark 

 region of Missouii and Arkansas Aroma is most exten- 

 sively used, while in the Pacific Northwest Clark's Seedling 

 is the leading commercial variety. In every section, how- 

 ever, there are a great number of other kinds, although 

 there will usually be one or possibly two leading sorts. 



Every commercial berry grower should have a trial 

 grounds on which he can test new varieties. Some kind 

 quite different from what he is growing may produce great- 

 er quantities of fruit, or be otherwise more desirable. It 

 is not necessary that such grounds be very large, for a 

 little bed a rod or so square may be ample for trying out 

 two or three new sorts each year, and once a start is ob- 

 tained it is easily possible to increase the number of plants 

 if one is so inclined. 



Canning Fruits and Vegetables at Home 

 Saving a Waste 



Canning fruits and vegetables on the farm is one way 

 of saving what might otherwise be a large and extrava- 

 gant waste. In nearly every fruit and truck growing sec- 

 tion there is always some fruit or vegetable, in large or 

 small amounts, which cannot be sold at a profit while fresh. 

 When this is placed in cans and properly sterilized, sealed 

 and labeled, it can be sold in the market at a profit above 

 what it would have had it been sold fresh. 



