CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER I. The Beginning 9 



CHAPTER II. The Strawberry 12 



CHAPTER III. What an Acre May Do 17 



CHAPTER IV. Soil and Location 19 



CHAPTER V. Manuring and Preparing the Ground . . 22 



CHAPTER VI. Planting 26 



CHAPTER VII. The Planting Season 29 



CHAPTER VIII. Summer Planting 31 



CHAPTER IX. Summer Planting Continued 34 



CHAPTER X. Saving Labor . . 38 



CHAPTER XI. Distance Apart 43 



CHAPTER XII. Mulching -48 



CHAPTER XIII. Underdraining and Irrigation 51 



CHAPTER XIV. Stamiuates and Pistillates 55 



CHAPTER XV. Ten Varieties of Established Merit . . . 61 



CHAPTER XVI. Other Old Varieties 67 



CHAPTER XVII. Newer Varieties on Trial 75 



CHAPTER XVIII. Brief Analysis of Varieties 80 



CHAPTER XIX. The Old Strawberry Bed 83 



CHAPTER XX. Do Varieties Run Out? 86 



CHAPTER XXI. Leaf Rust and Insects 89 



CHAPTER XXII. Picking and Marketing 93 



CHAPTER XXIII. Picking and Marketing Continued . . 97 



CHAPTER XXIV. Contributors' Portraits . . 101 



CHAPTER XXV. A List of Don'ts no' 



CHAPTER XXVI. Aftermath . 114 



CHAPTER XXVII. The Raspberry 116 



CHAPTER XXVIII. The Blackberry 122 



CHAPTER XXIX. The Currant 130 



CHAPTER XXX. The Gooseberry 136 



CHAPTER XXXI. Other Berries 142 



