122 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
The fruit is picked when “dead ripe” and 
the seeds may be sliced off with a knife, 
having a small part of the flesh attached, and 
planted in a flat of wet sand. After two or 
three weeks, if the flats are kept in a moist, 
cool condition, some of the seed will have 
germinated and come up above the ground. 
These small plants may be allowed to 
develop until three inches high, when it is 
best to transplant them into a pot of good 
garden soil or plant them outdoors in the 
nursery rows. 
The very best care must be given during 
the summer and fall, also good winter pro- 
tection provided. The following spring and 
summer the plants are allowed to set new 
plants and to make a good growth. Fruiting 
should not be allowed this year for the best 
results, however; the second spring fruiting 
is in order and selection of new improved 
varieties should begin, following out the 
selection process along the lines laid down for 
pedigree plants. 
The beginner in breeding should not be 
disappointed if the results of breeding are 
not fully up to his expectations, as the 
possibility of obtaining a worthy variety is 
