STRAWBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES 33 
Celery is grown on a large scale at Armstrong, at the 
north end of the Okanagan Valley, the average yield 
being about 8 tons per acre, which sells for $400 to $600. 
Sm4aLL Froits.—Under this heading are understood 
strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries ; red, 
black, and white currants. Of these, strawberries are the 
most useful. The plants, once planted, are commercially 
good for four years. The rows should be wide enough 
apart to allow of an ordinary horse cultivator to be 
drawn up and down between them—say, 24 to 3 feet. 
The plants in the rows may be any distance from 14 to 
24 feet. An acre of ground requires from 5,000 to 7,600 
strawberry plants to cover it. In British Columbia it is 
advisable not to plant a larger area with strawberries 
than the grower can see a pretty fair prospect of getting 
gathered every day. Young strawberry plants can gener- 
ally be bought for $8 to $10 per thousand, sometimes for 
less. This crop can be grown profitably for $2 per crate 
of 24 pounds, but not for a smaller price. If the crate 
will not fetch $2, it is better to send the fruit to a jam 
factory. The price usually made ranges from $2.50 to 
$3.50 per crate. An acre of strawberries should produce 
from $250 to $500, as grown on the majority of ranches. 
Mr. O. J. Wigen, near Creston, has made nearly $1,000 
per acre of strawberries. The best varieties to grow— 
solely because they travel well—are Magoon and 
Clark’s Seedling, the former being probably the heavier 
bearer. 
Raspberries bring in from $500 to $900 per acre. They 
must be planted by themselves, as the canes continue to 
send up suckers all round them, and these are apt to inter- 
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