strawberries and How He Grows Them 
MARSHALL (B). 
LATE. Just look at the pliotograph and remember 
it is deep blood red to the center, of a rich, wild berry 
aromatic flavor and then you have it. Bigness and good- 
ness are its essential features. It may not produce as 
many bushels to the acre as some others, but it sells at 
the top notch. Grow it in hedge row for best results. 
Give it plenty of room, for bigness is its strong tort. 
Give it strong, rich soil. A pedigree of ten years. 
more tenderly and put tliem in a position to 
begin heavy work at once. We first cultivate 
and then go over them with a garden hoe. If 
runners have set too thickly and must be ciit 
out, give preference to young plants, even if 
they are smaller. . 
The cultivation should always be given the 
day the burning has taken place. The berry 
pickers and rain have pressed the ground down 
hard and, if left unprotected, the ground will 
dry out very fast and should be broken up at 
once. . . , 
If you have grown m the wide matted row 
(and I hope you do not), then narrow up the 
row with a small mouldboard plow by turning 
a furrow away from each side and then culti- 
vate it back level. 
As already pointed out the machinery to 
produce new fruit buds is in the plant, but it 
is weak and must be pushed forward by all 
possible means. Cultivate every week and 
after every rain and by fall the plants will be 
rebuilt and ready for next spring's fruitage. Ever 
bear in mind that the berry crop is made the 
previous year. The vegetative parts grow 
early in the season and the cool weather of 
the fall checks the wood growth and gives the 
fruit buds a chance to come forward. When 
the first warm days of spring come the buds 
bloom and fruit ranidly forms and so the crop 
depends on the previous season's work. 
SPUING CULTIVATION OT OLD BEDS. 
There is much difference of opinion about 
ARIZONA (B). 
This is the great California everbearing. It devel- 
ops its buds at any time and keeps right on setting new 
buds and ripe ones forming at the same time. As a rule, 
everbearing sorts have not been successful in the Last, 
but it has been widely tested and I feel like offering it to 
customers who love berries all the fall. The berries arc 
irregular in shape, but rich in flavor. 
GRANVILLE (B). 
We have now seen the fruit of this variety for two 
years and believe it very desirable and so list it again 
for trial The berries are large, very delicious and is 
sure to win favor. I see no weakness in its organism 
and so commend it warmly for trial. 
MRS. HANNA (B). MARK HANNA (B). 
We offer these two sorts which originated in Virginia 
by a friend and admirer of Mark Hanna, and offer them 
for testing. If they have the machinery that aPPears 
to be within them, they will turn out some big, red ber- 
ries. Offered for testing by dozen only. 
cultivating in the spring and as to whether it 
should be done depends on how you do it. 
The winter rains saturate the surface and 
puddles it so it settles down into a compact 
mass, excluding the air, and since the plants 
are to undergo the great strain of seed and 
fruit production, the foods should be made 
available in large quantities and so the siir- 
face should be broken up to conserve mois- 
ture and let the air into the capillary passages 
so it can find its way all through the ground. 
If there is mulching, begin on one side and rake 
it over one row and cultivate that; then rake 
over the next and cultivate that until all the 
surface has been stirred. 
Under no circumstances must the cultivator 
go deep enough to tear the roots. It only 
needs to break the surface crust. Many people 
practice putting the straw directly on the 
plants in the fall and not between the rows. 
In the spring they cultivate as quick as the 
ground is dry enough and then rake the straw 
to the edges to keep the berries as clean as 
possible. . 
Avoid tramping the cultivated parts. Wher- 
ever you step it packs the surface so capillary 
attraction is perfect and water will reach the 
surface and dry oflf. It has been estimated that 
a quart of water will evaporate from every 
track each day. 
I wish to especially emphasize that no cul- 
tivating must be done while the plants are in 
bloom. The pistils are especially sensitive 
then. The receiving fluids which form on the 
stigma to catch and hold the pollen are in- 
jured, if any dirt or dust is thrown on them, 
or if they are bruised by raking over the straw, 
and then they will not fertilize, but leave a de- 
formed and unsightly berry. It would be bet- 
ter to wait until fruit sets, but far better to do 
the work before bloom. 
Don't be afraid of expense. Do things right 
and at the right time so the plants can put 
in their time to good advantage. You do 
your part well and the plants will do theirs 
and the cash account will come out all right. 
Always make a sharp distinction between busi- 
ness economy and penuriousness. The former 
leads to wealth; the latter to poverty. 
MAGNITUDE OF STRAWBERRY GROW- 
ING. 
It has been estimated that ninety million 
dollars are paid out every year for strawber- 
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