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the yield should be. Perhaps if the suburb- 
anite or farmer had fifty plants in his garden 
he might have reason to expect twelve to 
fifteen quarts of fall berries, in some cases 
more, and, under other circumstances, less. 
These berries would sell at this time for at 
least 25 cents per quart, and if properly 
graded more would be paid. It would be 
natural to expect a high price for the product, 
not only because it is out of season, but 
because the production of the fruit costs 
more, as there is the increased expense 
over the ordinary growing of strawberries 
of picking off the blossoms, and, perhaps, 
“detter cultural methods. However, there 
is one advantage that would have a tendency 
to counterbalance the above —i.e., it is 
possible to plant fall-bearing strawberry 
plants early in the spring, and, by the best 
of care, fertilizer, water, etc., to produce 
fruit in the fall of the same year, thereby 
receiving returns in a shorter period than 
from the ordinary sorts. 
It is not advisable for people blindly to buy 
or invest large sums in these fall berries; 
the best plan being to try a few and find out 
their peculiarities, then increase the area 
