SMALL FRUITS 



will be in fine shape to receive the plants. Pot- 

 grown plants can be had of most nurserymen ; or 

 you can easily raise them yourself by buying a num- 

 l3er of tiny pots, filling them with earth, sinking them 

 alongside a new strawberry bed, and causing a run- 

 ner to take root in each pot. 



Strawberry varieties : There are hundreds of 

 them. Every locality has its favorites. New kinds 

 are constantly being introduced, and most old kinds 

 sooner or later drop out of sight. I have only space 

 to mention a few well-tested varieties which are 

 general favorites in many places at the time of this 

 writing ("P" means pistillate or imperfect blossoms, 

 "S" means staminate or perfect blossoms) : Bubach 

 (P), Haverland (P), Clyde (S), Marshall (S), 

 Warfield (P), Wm. Belt (S), Lovett (S), Nick 

 Ohmer (S), Glen Mary (S), New York (S), Sena- 

 tor Dunlap (S), Klondike (S), Rough Rider (S), 

 etc., etc. If you want extra early berries, regardless 

 of size, plant Michel's Early (S), Tennessee Pro- 

 lific (S), etc. Eor very late kinds, plant Gandy (S), 

 Parker Earle (S), Brandywine (S), etc. 



Picking and marketing : Do not pick straw- 

 berries when they are wet ; when picked, hurry them 

 to a cool place out 

 of the sun ; do not 

 bruise; pick every 

 ripe berry every day 

 or two ; do not j erk 

 the berries off — nip 

 them off at the stem; 

 throw out over-ripe 

 or under-ripe speci- 



j^pj,g T Hale PICK BERRIES FOR SHIPMENT 



' WHEN THEY ARE WET, AND BE 



says : For distant careful not to bruise 



