SUCCESS WITH SMALL FRUITS— STRAWBERRIES 



How the Chesapeake Strawberry grows when 

 given good care 



always pay to put a force into the field and pull the mulch over 

 the rows to protect the bloom. This can be easily done with wide, 

 wooden rakes and a few minutes time will save the crop. 

 The Home Market There are some very fine varieties of 

 and the Distant One Strawberries that always grow too soft 

 for distant shipping, but are excellent 

 for home use and a near market. Then in gathering the crop it is 

 always best to keep the grades of berries separate, shipping only 

 the first-class berries. It is always allowable to arrange the top 

 layer of berries so as to show well, provided all below them are 

 equally good, but it is not honest to place a fine layer on the top 

 of the box and stuff it with inferior fruit below. Skillful hands 

 should be in the packing-shed to see that the berries are gathered 

 properly and that the boxes are well packed and make a good 

 showing. 



Do not ship the culls but let them bring what they may at home, 

 and always see that the boxes are of the proper size and well-filled, 

 so that there will not be serious settling. The standard crates are the 

 32-quart and 48-quart crate. Formerly larger crates were used and 

 more expensive ones, so that it was important to have them returned, 

 and this return of cases was always a bone of contention with the 

 railroads. Now the light veneer crates go with the fruit. Never use 

 old weather-beaten boxes or crates, for the berries, even if first- 

 class, will not sell so well in a dirty package. 



Tr_ . . It is not our purpose to discuss varieties here, as our 



Catalogue will give full and truthful descriptions of 

 the varieties. But there is a great difference in the behavior of 

 varieties of Strawberries in different sections and soils. Hence, 

 it is impossible to predict with accuracy what a certain variety 



