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was measured and proved to be at the rate of 10,500 

 baskets per acre, all grown within ten months from 

 time of setting. Had they been transplanted with 

 less care, the value of the crops would have been of 

 little account. 



When planted in the spring it requires the best 

 part of two seasons to perfect a large yield, thus losing 

 the use of the land for one entire season and adding 

 much to the labor for so much longer a period ; for 

 the cost of cultivating so short a time in hills is trifling 

 compared with hoeing and weeding where runners 

 are permitted to grow. 



SUMMARY REMARKS. 



I desire to add my testimony to the advantage of 

 growing berries by this plan, for it is the method of 

 Ezra Bell, one of the most successful growers of fine 

 strawberries to be found in the model State of New 

 Jersey. The Ezra Bell berries, for size, appearance 

 and quality have long been fatuous in the Philadelphia 

 markets. 



