II4 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
practically the whole plant is sold. It is 
possible, by using plants that have become 
well established in the pots, or those that 
have had a fair length of time to develop, 
to get a moderate crop of fruit the first 
spring. This, of course, would be of more 
importance to the small grower, farmer, or 
fancier, than to the large commercial grower, 
as the extra expense in either growing or 
buying the plants would be practically out 
of the question for the large grower, who 
caters to the general market, and must pro- 
duce large crops of fruit in order to make a 
profit. 
There is one point that must be very 
carefully observed in the propagation of 
plants. When the mother plant is set in 
the bed for the purpose of producing other 
plants, it must not be expected to produce 
fruit’ as well as plants; therefore, all blos- 
soms must be picked off the mother plant. 
This is also the best practice for newly set 
beds in which the first year the original 
plants are expected to produce a heavy crop 
of offspring. The grower must be reasonable, 
and remove the buds as soon as (observed, 
thereby giving the strength to the propagation 
