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reports, 206 ; retail, advantages 

 of, 183 ; retail, methods in, 184 ; 

 two types of, 182 ; wholesale, 

 methods of seUiug in, 198 ; 

 wholesale, transportation to, 186. 



Marketing, by consignment, 198 ; 

 changes in methods since 1840, 

 182 ; cooperative, 201 ; coopera- 

 tive, essentials to successful, 

 203; f. o. b. sales, 200. 



Marking out, 33. 



Maryland Experiment Station, 

 quoted, 118. 



Matted row, controlling width of, 

 99; renewing, 244; spacing 

 plants in, 100 ; training, 87, 93. 



Michigan, cost of production in, 

 215. 



Mildew, Powdery, 271. 



Mississippi Valley, acreage in, 313. 



Missouri, cost of production in, 216 ; 

 Experiment Station, quoted, 54. 



Mowing the vines, 242. 



Mulch, crab-grass in the South, 

 117 ; crop, growing, 113 ; fruit- 

 ing, materials used, 122 ; fruit- 

 ing, when needed, 122 ; growing 

 in the strawberry field, 116; 

 materials. 111; winter, 108; 

 winter, how much to use, 119; 

 winter, when to apply, 118; 

 winter, when to remove, 121. 



Mulches of wild herbage, 114. 



Mulching, as substitute for tillage, 

 68 ; for frost protection, 281 ; 

 history of, 107; in the South, 

 248 ; purposes of, 107 ; to pre- 

 vent freezing, 109; to prevent 

 heating, 108 ; to retard ripening, 

 110; with ice, 121. 



New Hampshire, Experiment Sta^ 



tion, quoted, 61 ; fertilizing in, 



61. 

 New Jersey, cost of production 



in, 215 ; Experiment Station, 



quoted, 59, 80, 215. 

 New York, (Cornell) Experiment 



Station, quoted, 54; cost of 



production in, 214; State Ex- 

 periment Station, quoted, 94. 



Nitrate of soda, use of, 59. 



Norfolk district, acreage in, 312; 

 method of training in, 93. 



North, rotations in, 45; time of 

 planting in, 22. 



Novelties, testing, 285. 



Nubbins, cause of, 137. 



Nursery methods, 226. 



Ohmer, J. P., quoted, 265. 

 Ontario, cost of production in, 214. 

 Outlook for strawberry growing, 



212. 

 Overproduction, 212. 

 Ozark district, acreage in, 314. 

 Ozark Fruit Growers' Association, 



206. 



Pacific states, acreage in, 316 ; cost 

 of production in, 221. 



Packages, 138; special, 149. 



Packing, 178 ; piece,179 ; sheds, 173. 



"Pedigree" plants, 232. 



Pennsylvania Experiment Station, 

 quoted, 94. 



Perrine, G. L., quoted, 99. 



Persels, C. E., quoted, 241. 



Pickers, accounts with, 167; best 

 types of, 163; handling, 165; 

 management in the field, 166 ; 

 number required, 163 ; pro- 

 fessional, 164. 



Picking, care necessary, 160; 

 carriers, 161 ; how often, 158 ; 

 how ripe berries should be picked, 

 156 ; on Sunday, 158 ; prices 

 for, 171 ; receptacles, 161 ; sea- 

 son, as afiected by age of plant, 

 155 ; season, length of, 154 ; 

 time of day, 159. 



Pine-needles for mulching, 123. 



Pistillate blossoms, 127 ; varieties, 

 advantages and disadvantages of, 

 138 ; disappearing, 131 ; heavy 

 yield of, 128. 



Plant-food in strawberries, 51 ; 

 withdrawn from the soil, 52. 



