DO VARIETIES RUN OUT. 87 



It seems to be the law of r.ature that plants not propagated 

 from seed should deteriorate. The strawberry is no exception 

 EDWARD W. CONE to this rule, and growers find more com- 

 pensation in giving attention to new varieties than in trying to 

 improve the old. Wis. 



Varieties do run out but the reason 

 is not apparent. It seems to be an estab- 

 lished fact that the nearer the plants are 

 A. M. PURDY to the seed bed the greater 

 their health and productiveness. Poor 

 culture may have something to do with 

 it, but fungous diseases do much more to 

 weaken certain varieties. N. Y. 



By selecting the most vigorous plants 

 J. G. BUCHANAN each year to propa- 

 gate from, plants will never run out. O. 



I use the first plant on the runner for my new beds. In fact 

 I will not plant anything else, and the runner must be from a 

 S. R. ROGERS vigorous mother plant. By following this 

 rule you can improve the varieties instead of having them run 

 out. O. 



A. D. WEBB I have two varieties fruited now seventeen years, 

 with no perceptible deterioration either in plant or fruit. Ky. 



I think it is the trouble with the fellow that propagates them. 

 J. H. HALE Always take plants from new beds, and above 

 all things do not let them mat too thickly in the beds. Conn. 



A. M. PURDY 



SUMMARY REMARKS. 



For my own part I do not believe varieties will 

 run out if proper intelligence is given their propaga- 

 tion by runners and their after culture. Carelessness 

 and neglect and ignorance on the part of the growers, 

 and enterprise in those who have made it their duty 

 to introduce new varieties, are the main causes of 



