176 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
varieties of strawberry plants for the best 
results. Mulching with straw should be 
practised during the winter. The blossoms 
have to be picked from the plants every two 
or three weeks up to the first of August, 
then they are allowed to produce fruit. 
September Ist, or thereabout, should be 
the date when mature, edible berries are 
ready for picking. This picking should be 
looked after quite carefully, as sometimes 
it becomes necessary to pick the fruits before 
they have coloured up much, or they will rot 
on the plant. The first berries, owing to 
the greater amount of sunlight, will have 
better colour and correspondingly better 
flavour. Later, owing to the cold weather, 
and the lack of sunlight, the flavour and 
colour will be less satisfactory. If the 
fruit is produced for the markets, it should 
be very carefully sorted and graded, in order 
to receive the highest price paid for this 
out-of-season product. 
YIELDS 
Owing to the fact that there are no large 
areas of fall strawberries, it is practically 
impossible to give any idea of just what 
