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DWYEES GUIDE. 



MCK OHMER 



very best.. Wm. Belt will be a valuable variety for home use or market. 

 It is one of the most beautiful berries we have ever seen and valuable 

 for commercial purposes as well as for home use. 



McKinley (Perfect Fliiwers). — Berry large, roundish, inclined to conical, 

 but sometimes flattened or cox- 

 combed, color crimson, flesh 

 firm, quality good. The plants 

 are strong growers, with fine, 

 large, dark foliage. Very pro- 

 ductive. It ripens in mid-sea- 

 son and continues a long time 

 in fruit. 



New York (Perfect Flowers). 

 — In productiveness it is hard 

 to believe that it has an equal. 

 It is really astonishing when 

 grown on good soil and with 

 generous culture. Berries dark 

 scarlet, changing to crimson 

 when fully ripe, coloring all 

 over at once; excellent in 

 quality. In growth of plant it 

 is exeedingly vigorous, with 

 foliage that is large, bright and 

 clean. For such a large berry 

 it is a great bearer. Ripens in mid-season. 



The Rough Rider (Perfect Flowers). — The plants are strong, large 

 growers, fruit medium in size, the flavor is poor being acid, reminding us 

 of the old Wilson's Albany. Plants productive and ripen their fruit in 

 mid-season. Valuable for distant market on account of its firmness. 



Senator Dunlap (Perfect Flowers). — Fruit is of good size, regular and 

 attractive in form, deep red m color without and within, firm in sub- 

 stance and excellent in quality. Its season is among the earliest and it 

 continues productive nearly a month. Plants good, vigorous growers; 

 valuable for all purposes. 



Sharpless (Perfect Flowers). — One of the most popular strawberries 

 of the day. The plant is exceedingly large and vigorous, quite free from 

 rust or blight. It demands well enriched soil and is one that will bring 

 the home or market grower fine fruit. Berries are very large, dark crim- 

 son in color and of first quality. 



THE COST TO GET AN ACRE OF STRAWBERRIES IN BEARING. 



We have been asked this question so often, and as it is so generally 

 discussed, the writer has thought best to give his readers at least an 

 approximate idea. While the cost will vary somewhat under different 

 conditions and in separate localities, yet we feel quite sure that the 

 figures we have prepared below will be found pretty accurate and reliable; 



In arranging for the planting of an acre of strawberries I would 

 want land that had been previously cropped with fruits, grains or vege- 

 tables. If the soil is in a fair ordinary state of fertility, I would want ten 

 large team loads of the best stable manure that could be procured ; I 

 would prefer to have this manure half horse and half cow droppings 

 mixed together and thoroughly rotted. Such manure as this costs us here 

 in the Hudson River Valley two dollars per load delivered on the ground, 

 or twenty dollars in all. The spreading of this manure, plowing, harrow- 



