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will be in fine shape to receive the plants. Pot- 

 grown plants can be had of most nurserymen; or 

 you can easily raise them yourself by buying a num- 

 ber of tiny pots, filling them with earth, sinking them 

 alongside a new strawberry bed, and causing a run- 

 ner to take root in each pot. 



Strawberry varieties : There are hundreds of 

 them. Every locality has its favorites. New kinds 

 are constantly being introduced, and most old kinds 

 sooner or later drop out of sight. I have only space 

 to mention a few well-tested varieties which are 

 general favorites in many places at the time of this 

 writing ("P" means pistillate or imperfect blossoms, 

 "S" means staminate or perfect blossoms) : Bubach 

 (P), Haverland (P), Chesapeake (S), Marshall (S), 

 Warfield (P), Wm. Belt (S), Lovett (S), Nick 

 Ohmer (S), Glen Mary (S), New York (S), Sena- 

 tor Dunlap (S), Heritage (S), Rough Rider (S), 

 etc., etc. If you want extra early berries, regardless 

 of size, plant Michel's Early (S), Tennessee Pro- 

 lific (S), etc. For very late kinds, plant Gandy (S), 

 Parker Earle (S), Brandywine (S), etc. 



Picking and marketing: Do not pick straw- 

 berries when they are wet ; when picked, hurry them 

 to a cool place out 

 of the sun; do not 

 bruise; pick every 

 ripe berry every day 

 or two; do not jerk 

 the berries off nip 

 them off at the stem; 

 throw out over-ripe 

 or under-ripe speci- 



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