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soils. Here they must be renewed, and here also, best results arise 

 from growing in rows a foot broad, cutting off runners elsewhere. 

 On such soil I do not know any variety that will grow best in 

 hills. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn. — According to my experience the plants die 

 out in the center from year to year, and they produce sprouts on 

 the outside, which, in a manuer, makes it an annual plant. There- 

 fore, I adopt what is called the half running system. I plant in 

 rows two and a half feet apart, and fifteen inches in the row. I 

 give thorough cultivation, and go through once in ten days. We 

 cover in the winter with salt hay, and in the spring rake off 

 between the beds. Formerly there was an idea that poor land 

 was as good as any, but this has been abandoned. The ground 

 must be well manured, have a fine tilth, and if possible all weeds 

 must be kept out. If grass or white clover get in, the crop will 

 be reduced one-half. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller, Ridgewood, N. J, — I have rows this distance 

 apart, and I plant a foot apart in the row, then I let them run so 

 as to make a bed a foot wide; mulch two inches deep in the fall, 

 and in the spring put the mulching in the rows, or take off on one 

 side. As to varieties I would say, if one wants to be sure of hav- 

 ing strawberries, let him plant the Wilson; with other kinds he is 

 not certain. 



The Rev. Mr. Foster and Mr. Durand, originators of new seed- 

 lings, spoke of their efforts. 



Dr. Hexamer. — Manure affects the flavor. The larger fruit 

 grows, the less flavor will it have. I do not manure highly. I 

 prefer to give thorough cultivation, then I have good results. It 

 pays ten times more to work than not to work. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — I would ask the Doctor what he calls flavor? 



Dr. Hexamer. — I call it the aroma. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — I think we should take the wild strawberry 

 for a standard. Still, if we do this, some kinds will be thrown out 

 as not being strawberries. It is a question whether in raising 

 large fruit, and getting berries with little character, we do little 

 more than to reduce the flavor. 



jMr. N. C. Meeker. — There are two things to be considered about 

 varieties. One is, that no decision can l)e reached regarding new 

 kinds for general cultivation, till they are sent out over the whole 

 land, so that we can have an average result. Another thing, so 

 great has become the competition that only first class fruit is likely 



