CHAPTER HI. 



WHAT AN ACRK MAY DO. 



Anyth ing you tell it. Ti M . 



NoviCKS in berry culture will be surprised to know 

 that more bushels of strawberries can be grown 

 on an acre than of wheat or corn and of pota- 

 toes, but such is the fact, as testified to by many 

 experienced growers. 



A. M. PURDY One hundred and fifty to 200 bushels, but these 

 were exceptional cases. Ordinarily 75 to 100 bushels. N. Y. 



G. S. BUTLER From ico to nearly 200 bushels. Have known 

 of parties growing 250 bushels. Conn. 



I have never kept an exact account of an acre of strawberries, 

 but we have fruited them in a small way at the rate of 650 per 

 T. J. DWYER acre, and my next door neighbor, Mr. Crissey, 

 fruited a large bed this year which yielded at the rate of 700 

 bushels per acre, the season being dry and unfavorable for a 

 yield. N. Y. 



W. W. FARNSWORTH Our usual crop is from 100 to 120 bushels. 



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W. C. WILSON Dare not tell. Would be posted as a liar from 

 Maiue to Texas if I should tell of my biggest crop. 111. 



M. A. THAYfcR On the Thayer fruit farms we have raised 225 

 bushels to the acre. Wis. 



GEO. F. BEEDE Over 300 bushels. Small plots at the rate of 

 500 bushels. N. H. 



J. W. ADAM'S The only lot we measured and kept any count 

 of is the Crescent, at the rate of 10,600 boxes, or quarts, to the 

 acre. Mass. 



GEO. J. KELLOG We have fruited small plantations that have 

 grown at the rate of 700 bushels. Wis. 



