The above photograph of one of our fifteen-acre strawberry beds illustrates what can be done with 
this profitable fruit. Over four hundred pickers were employed during that season, mostly boys and girls. 
In these days of labor scarcity it is gratifying to know that we may tap a supply of labor which is 
always with us. viz., the children. 
Strawberries commence to ripen just as school is closing and children are more anxious than ever to 
get into the open air and earn spending money for Fourth of July. We never have experienced any 
difficulty in getting all the children we needed to pick strawberries, as they enjoy the work, fruit and 
money. (See page 24.) 
The Stubenrauch Peaches 
The greatest advance in Peach industry since the origination of the Elberta. 
This group of varieties is the result of the lifelong work of Mr. J. W. Stubenrauch, 
of Mexia, Texas, the originator of the well known Carman. A natural-born scientist, 
he has cross-pollinated, planted and cross-pollinated again, always with the end in 
view that the results should finally bring forth varieties more hardy, more prolific, 
and of far better quality than any then in existence, and his efforts have not been in 
vain, as we can judge from the varieties which will soon be described. 
These are new in all sections except 
Texas, but in comparison with the Elberta, 
in quality, productiveness and hardiness, 
they not only deserve a standing with that 
variety, lengthening the season by fully six 
weeks, but promise to revolutionize our 
present standard orchard varieties. 
One might presume that Texas would be 
too far south to test the hardiness of buds, 
but in reality, the Texas climate gives one 
of the most severe tests to the peach, both 
on account of freezes and summer drouth. 
Spring frosts and freezes about the time 
the buds open are very common in Texas, 
but their hardiness in bud and lateness in 
blossoming make them most reliable crop- 
pers. 
Peaches in contrast to apples, will do 
well over a wide variety of soils and 
climates and in comparison with J. H. Hale, 
Elberta, Carman and other well known 
standard varieties, they not only have 
equaled but even excelled them in hardi- 
ness of bud and reliability in cropping. 
We have budded them into our own 
orchards and this last season they bore 
samples, which in every way, bore out the 
high qualities of the samples sent us from 
Texas. Also in the nursery row, they have 
been perfectly hardy and out of the entire 
list of varieties which we are growing, not 
one has exceeded the strong growing habits 
shown by the entire list. This is the first 
year we have offered these fine varieties in 
a commercial way, although we did offer a 
very few last year. Our supply this sea- 
son is also very limited and while we wish 
that all of our customers might have some, 
still we know our supply will not begin to 
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