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pleasurable work; it is the foundation of large 
success. The soil conditions and weather con- 
ditions under which strawberries grow differ very 
greatly. Two neighbors side by side, might 
almost absolutely duplicate each other in these 
respects. But the distance of a few miles even 
might be sufficient to create distinctly different 
conditions. 
Under such circumstances it is of high import- 
ance that each grower know from actual trial 
what varieties will best serve in his particular 
case. And there is no reason why he should not 
R. J. SCOTT'S PATCH OF THOROBREDS KINSMAN. OHIO 
test, in the course of time, every variety on the 
nurseryman's list. He will be sure to get more 
than enough berries to pay for the investment 
made in plants and the labor expended upon 
them. The "fun" of growing them is of itself 
an ample recompense, while the satisfaction of 
knowing from his own experimentation just what 
he can do with particular varieties, and the de- 
light of beating everybody in the neighborhood 
just because he has been keen enough to discover 
and utilize the very varieties that excel under the 
peculiar conditions under which he works — why, 
nobody ought ever to be content with growing 
the same varieties year after year when all these 
pleasant and profitable possibilities present them- 
selves as reasons for his testing out for himself 
what other varieties will do. 
We advise our friends everywhere, no matter 
how well pleased they may be with the varieties 
they are growing, to make it a rule to test out 
several varieties each year, even though the num- 
ber of plants of each new variety tested do not 
exceed twenty-five. It will give every one fol- 
lowing this advice new interest in his work, and, 
we repeat, may prove to be the foundation of 
extraordinary success where plants, soil, weather 
and cultural i^thods all combine to produce 
bumper crops of big red berries. 
Of Interest to Canadian Customers 
^^UR customers in Canada who for years have 
suffered inconvenience, and sometimes loss, 
through the fact that certain Canadian customs 
officials and those in charge of fumigating sta- 
tions have wrongly interpreted the Dominion law 
respecting the importation into Canada of nursery 
stock, by including strawberry plants as falling 
under the operations of the so-called San Jose 
Scale Act, will be pleased to know that through 
efforts instituted by the R. M. Kellogg Co. 
there will no longer be any trouble about ship- 
ping plants from the United States into the Do- 
minion, nor will plants be held subject to inspec- 
tion or fumigation. 
For years it has been held that strawberry 
plants, as well as fruit trees, cannot be imported 
Into the Dominion after May 15, which is the 
day that the fumigation stations close. This in- 
terpretation of the law, is held by Hon. James 
Fletcher, Entomologist and Botanist of the Do- 
minion to be erroneous, as strawberry plants are 
exempted from its provisions because they are 
not subject to infestation by the San Jose Scale. 
Professor Fletcher, immediately his attention 
was called to the matter, took up the work of 
•correcting the mistaken judgment, and we believe 
that through his prompt and intelligent efforts 
there will be no further difficulty experienced by 
our friends over the line and that they will be 
able to get their plants at the season desired and 
without delay. 
Women as Strawberry Specialists 
P\0 you know that there are many women who 
today are making an independent living 
for themselves, supporting their families in com- 
fort and educating their children by growing 
strawberries for market? It is one of the most 
interesting and promising signs of the time that 
this is true, and the fact contains a world of 
suggestion for other women who are compelled 
to self-support. 
Strawberry growing is refined work, it is 
healthful, inspiring and profitable. It takes the 
grower into the outer air and makes contact with 
the earth and with all nature a delight. There 
is no out-door work in the cold winter weather 
for the strawberry specialist. The plants are 
hibernating under mulch and snow. But in the 
glorious days of spring and summer and autumn 
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