118 MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



Searsmont, Me., Oct. 28th, 1890. 

 Prof. F. L. Harvey : 



Dear Sir : — As to my strawberries I am in a fix. I must have 

 some 15,000 plants and I can't get enough of any variety but 

 natives to set out, so shall be compelled to set them or none. The 

 berries formed this year and some grew well, also had some Wil- 

 son berries among them, but most of the berries were ill shaped, 

 small and did not ripen good or refused to grow larger than a 

 Champion of England pea. I gave them a heavy coating of 

 manure in August and cultivated it in with spring tooth cultiva- 

 tor and now have an abundance of nice plants. Expect to get 

 some Haviland or some other variety in the Spring to set out for 

 sets the next year. My plants were hurt last winter and spring 

 by ice and rain. 



Very truly, 



M. A. Fowler. 



