116 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
These plants may be allowed to fruit the 
next year, and one or two, that have even 
better qualities than the parent, may be 
selected and placed in the propagating bed 
after fruiting. New plants are thus obtained 
which are, the following year, subjected to 
the process of choice selection. 
This selection may be carried on for years 
and years, and, if the grower has some good 
ideals to select to, each plant will tend to be 
of higher quality thanits parent. ‘There may 
be poor seasons; as drought, frost, and in- 
sects, or other injuries may somewhat hinder, 
but the results for an average number of 
years will be of great value to the grower 
who practises this process of selection. 
Many times a person has not the time 
nor the inclination to practise improvement 
of strawberry plants by selection, and it is 
fortunate that we have engaged in selling 
plants to the public men that do take pains 
to produce plants that are thus pedigreed or 
thoroughbred. 
POLLINATION 
The statement is often made that certain 
plants must be planted with reference to 
