CHAPTER XX. 



DO VARIETIES RUN OUT. 



That depends. TIM. 



seems to be a difference of opinion as 

 JL to whether or not varieties run out, and it is 

 interesting to read what my friends say on 

 the subject. 



A. M. PURDY Setting plants from old, worn out, diseased plan- 

 tations. N. Y. 



Some varieties run out, others do not. Careless selection in 

 propagating plants for new beds is the main cause for vigorous 

 GEORGE F. BEEDE varieties running out. Seedlings as a rule 

 show vigor for a few years, which does not hold out. N. H. 



I am not sure that varieties will run out if they receive 

 A. I. ROOT proper care, and new settings are used in planting 

 each year. O. 



M. A. THAYER Strawberries run out from lack of care and 

 proper mode of production. Wis. 



Varieties do not run out except by taking plants from old 

 H. S. TIMBRELL beds. Keep setting good strong plants that 

 have never borne berries and they will always be the same. N. Y. 



I do not think they would run out if care were taken to plant 

 EUGENE WILLETT strong, healthy plants from new beds every 

 year, and given change of soil once in four or five years. N. Y. 



W. W. FARNSWORTH Partly, perhaps, from defective soil, and 

 partly from taking from beds that have borne fruit. O. 



Varieties do not run out, they simply fail to succeed, and be 

 perfect except under very favorable conditions of soil and plants. 

 T. J. DWYER In this way they are justly decried " out" until 

 the stock of such varieties becomes exhausted and cannot be 

 had for the reason it is no longer propagated. N. Y. 



