68 Fruit Culture. 



Let us see how this compares with the cultivation in 

 the East. 



Mr. William Parry, of New Jersey, gives his testimony 

 as follows : 



"There .are so many circumstances connected with 

 strawberry growing, such as varieties, soil, climate, location, 

 markets, and the skill and management of the grower, that 

 the results of a few cases cannot be relied on for general 

 rules. 



" We have grown over two hundred bushels per acre 

 here, and realized upward of six hundred dollars per acre 

 for the crop ; but that is much above the general average. 

 Having kept a careful record for fourteen years past, of the 

 yield per acre and price per quart at which our strawberries 

 have been sold, we find the average to be about 2,500 quarts 

 per acre, and the price eleven cents per quart in market, 

 giving the following results : 



Commissions, 10 per cent $27 50 



Picking 2,500 quarts, at two cents per quart 50 00 



Manure 17 50 



Use of Baskets 10 00 



Cultivation, etc 25 00 



Net profits per acre 145 00 



Gross proceeds, 2,500 quarts at 11 cents $275 00 



These figures, compared with ours, speak for themselves, 

 and need no comment of ours to "point the moral or adorn 

 the tale" of strawberry culture for profit in Colorado versus 

 the East. 



