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will vary by reason of age and by reason of constitutional differences. These 

 and other matters will be elements in the problem, each of which is to be care- 

 fully weighed. 



The likes and dislikes of purchasers must be considered. As a rule the 

 fruit that combines excellent flavor with an attractive appearance holds a com- 

 manding position in all markets. Many purchase fruits with reference to its 

 quality as an ornament to the table as well as its ability to gratify the palate. 

 Nor is the manner in which it is put up for market to be overlooked. A neat 

 package enhances the appearance of beautiful fruit. 



These things are sufificient to show that the successful fruit grower must have 

 his heart in his work, and that the growing of fruit for market should never be 

 secondary to some other business. Only perfect samples should satisfy the 

 grower, and none other should be allowed to go to market. The poor fruit serves 

 only to break the market, lessen the price obtainable for even superior fruit, and 

 lessen the profits of the producer. 



St. Catharines, Out. D. W. BEADLE. 



WHAT I SAW AND HEARD IN A TWO WEEKS' VISIT IN 



OCTOBER AMONG PROMINENT STRAWBERRY 



GROWERS IN OHIO. 



ly /[ Y first stopping place was at Mr. M. Crawford's, where I received a very 

 ^ yj cordial welcome from his wife and himself. After dinner he took me 

 through his garden where I saw the strawberry plants in perfection, from 

 the best of the old varieties to the latest of the new. His gladiolus bed made a 

 grand display, especially some of his own seedlings. He had two men every day 

 digging and topping the bulbs. He expects to have one hundred bushels for sale. 



On October 5th my good friend Crawford drove me over to Mr. F. B. 

 Ferry's, near Hudson, Ohio, a well-known writer to the horticultural press of 

 the United States, also author of " How to Grow Strawberries." He surmised 

 the object of our visit, and at once took us to his garden. 



We first came to his red and black raspberry bed, which showed good care 

 and was well kept with a heavy mulch of straw, renewed every year. The half 

 acre of strawberries we found in good order, with paths between the beds sixteen 

 inches wide, and one of his men on his knees with a basket and trowel, thinning 

 the plants in the beds until they stood about six inches apart. By this thinning 

 he believes he gets as much fruit and larger berries than by letting the old and 

 weak plants remain. 



Mr, Ferry told me that from the half acre the cash sales were $237. " We 

 have had," he said, "a very large home market for berries. We certainly ate, 



