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STRAWBERRIES 



residence is a good place. The picking should be attended to often 

 and a long distance might cause neglect. The crop is more easily 

 protected from marauders if the patch is located near the home. 



Varieties of Strawberries. — Each locality favors certain varie- 

 ties of strawberries. It is easy to make a selection of several varie- 

 ties that will thrive in a particular region. 



There are two kinds of strawberry blossoms. Some varieties 

 have only the pistillate blooms while others have perfect blossoms 

 with both stamens and pistil. Those with perfect blossoms have 

 the power to pollinate themselves and bear fruit without the prox- 

 imity of other varieties. Those varieties with imperfect flowers 

 such as Black Beauty, Granger and Sherman, which have few if 

 any true stamens and no pollen, must be grown near other varieties 



Fig. 161. — Two types of strawberry blossoms. Left one has stamens and can pollinate it- 

 self and others. Right has little or no pollen and cannot bear fruit alone. 



which blossom at the same time and bear perfect flowers. The 

 pollen from the perfect flowered varieties will fertilize the others 

 and fruit is produced (Fig. 161). 



The two kinds may be planted in alternate rows, or one row of 

 perfect flowers to each three or four of imperfect flowers. 



It would be a good plan to select such varieties for planting as 

 are grown successfully by others in the same locality on the same 

 kind of soil. Do not select new varieties until they have been 

 reported favorably by the experiment stations or by other experi- 

 mental growers. Write to the State experiment station for a list of 

 varieties which are suited to your region. Popular varieties used 

 in nearly all parts of the country are (1) Excelsior and Dunlap 

 (2) Klondike and Missionary; (3) Chesapeake, Aroma, Sample, 



