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Jewell. — Essentially the same may 

 be said of this variety as in former re- 

 ports. It will succeed only under 

 favorable conditions, but responds read- 

 ily to high cultivation. It sends out 

 very few runners, and is especially well 

 adapted to hill cultivation. 



Jessie. — This variety has, for three 

 seasons, given very satisfactory results 

 here, on both fall and spring set 

 plants, and on several different kinds 

 of soil. It does not yield as heavily as 

 the Crescent, but does not fall far 

 below, while the fruit would sell as 

 high in market as that of any other 

 variety, because of its tine appearance 

 and good quality. Commercial growers 

 can hardly fail to tind proiit in the 

 Jessie, and it will surely please am a 

 tears. It is one of the best varieties 

 for the family garden. Some unfavor- 

 able reports have been heard concerning 

 it, as many of the plants first sent out 

 failed to grow, and it does not seem to 

 be equally well adapted to all localities, 

 being rather more restricted in range 

 than the Bubach and Orescent. It is 

 not far from the truth to say that it 

 yields more first-class fruit than any 

 other variety at the Station, but this 

 locality cannot be taken as represent- 

 ing the whole State Every grower 

 ought to try it on his own soil, especi 

 ally if he can sell choice berries at a 

 premium, otherwise he may tind more 

 profit in the Crescent and Haverland. 



Fall Planting of the Strawberry. 



What are the wants of the straw- 

 berry when planted in the fall ? The 

 soil for the strawberries should be rich 

 and moist, but not wet. It matters 

 not whether it be sand, clay or muck, 

 so that it furnishes anchorage for the 

 plant and contains an abundance of 

 the elements necessary to its growth. 

 It should be stirred to a good depth, 

 but little or no poor subsoil should be 

 brought to the surface. It is well to 

 have it prepared some little time in 

 advance, so that it may have time to 

 settle somewhat before the plants are 



set. The surface should be rich. This 

 is especially important with fall-set 

 plants, as their roots have compara- 

 tively little time to go far in search of 

 food. There is another advantage in 

 encouraging surface roots : they are 

 not drawn out nor broken by the expan- 

 sion of the water in the soil when it 

 changes to ice, but rise and fall with the 

 ground. Roots that run deep are apt 

 to be broken or drawn out — as red 

 clover — while white clover roots re- 

 main uninjured, although frozen and 

 thawed a dozen times. If the soil has 

 been enriched for a previous crop, so 

 much the better ; but if not, well de- 

 composed stable manure may be work- 

 ed into the surface either before or 

 after setting the plants. Bone dust 

 and wood ashes will supply all that 

 may be lacking in any soil, and these 

 can be ol^tained in nearly all parts of 

 the country. 



A plant receives more or less of a 

 check by being taken up and reset, 

 in the growing season, even though this 

 be done in the most skillful manner. 

 The following method 1 have used with 

 great success for more than a quarter 

 of a century : The plants are taken out 

 of damp soil, with great care, divested 

 of all runners and superfluous leaves 

 and thrown into a pail of water. They 

 are then carried to the new bed, and 

 each one taken out as planted. The 

 roots are spread out in fan shape, with 

 the crown even with the surface, and a 

 little damp soil put over the roots and 

 pressed firmly against them. The bal- 

 ance of the soil is then filled in loosely. 

 If the weather be very hot after trans- 

 planting, a little shade during the 

 middle of the day, for a time, will be 

 an advantage. 



Soon after the plants are set out 

 they will commence to send out runners, 

 which must be cut off as soon as they 

 appear. The soil should be kept well 

 stirred from the time the plants are 

 set until the end of the growing 

 season ; but all deep cultivation should 

 be discontinued after Oct. 1, lest the 



