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Yet another method has come into use, suggested 
probably by the Jersey fruit growers. It consists in the 
use of small cross-handled baskets, containing about seven 
pounds weight of fruit, the idea being that the straw- 
berries shall reach the consumer as packed by the 
grower, while the cross handle reduces liability of 
damage. 
DISEASES OF THE STRAWBERRY 
Mi_pew.—Curiously enough, the fungoid attack 
known as Mildew flourishes alike under the opposite 
conditions of too wet or too dry an atmosphere. Cold 
draughts, in the case of forced plants, will also conduce 
to an attack. Fortunately, if as soon as the slightest 
glaucous—whitening of the foliage, the sign of fungus 
growth, is seen, proper steps are at once taken to 
remove it, the pest is easily combated, but if allowed 
to remain undisturbed it increases so rapidly under 
suitable conditions that much damage is soon done. 
For plants under glass the remedy for Mildew is dusting 
with flowers of sulphur, or painting the hot-water pipes 
with a mixture of flowers of sulphur and milk, and 
making them hot in the evening, so that the sulphur— 
fatal to most fungi—is given off into the atmosphere of 
the closed house or pit. 
The best remedy for Mildew in out-door strawberries 
is good cultivation, but even when this is provided the 
fungus sometimes puts in an appearance in untoward 
seasons. It always pays to keep the foliage clean and 
healthy, no matter what the time of the year, and 
certainly, to keep it clear of fungus pests there is nothing 
better than spraying with a solution of sulphide of 
potassium (liver of sulphur), using one ounce of the 
latter to each three gallons of water. 
STRAWBERRY Lear-Spot (Sphoerella fragariae).—In 
