AFTERMATH. 115 



Some varieties will stand more neglect than others. 



Some varieties are better adapted to hill culture, others do 

 best in matted rows. 



Some varieties should have more room than others. 



Some will stand rainy weather at picking time better than 

 others. 



Vary the culture to suit the variety. 



No use trying to grow foreign varieties. Our American sun 

 is too hot for them. 



Plant growers should specify in all cases what kind of soils 

 each variety requires ; also what sections each is best adapted to. 

 Plant buyers should insist on this. They should also, when 

 buying pistillates, find out what are the best pollenizers for 

 them Better yet, discard pistillates. 



One plant set in April is worth five set in May, ten in June, 

 and twenty-five in August. 



The nearer home fruit can be marketed the greater the 

 profit. 



Some strawberries only pick in the morning, beginning at 

 five and quitting at nine. A very good plan, if you have enough 

 pickers. I tried Kevitt's plan of covering berries with waxed 

 paper. Not satisfactory. A. I. Root, of Medina, Ohio, claims 

 that Jadoo fibre is useful in preparing strawberry plants for 

 shipping in August. It is so light the fibre may go with the 

 plants by mail. 



Hill culture of strawberries is apt to be a failure, for the 

 reason that the sun scalds the berries and dries them up in a 

 dry time more than in matted rows. Berries should ripen in the 

 shade. This shows the importance of large foliage. 



IvOwlauds for berries are most liable to spring frosts. 



