^ Strawberries ^ How To Crow Them ^ 
Sample, P. (Female) 
LATE. Pistillate. Sample is not only one of the 
most beautiful berries among the late varieties, but also 
is one of the largest in size and in the quantity of its 
yield. It has an extra large, bright-red, top-shaped 
berry, the inner part being a deep scarlet, very rich and 
juicy, also highly flavored. The seeds turn red as the 
berries ripen and so nearly resemble the color of the 
berry as to be scarcely visible. The stem and calyx 
are small and remain a bright green several days after 
the berries have been picked. Sample is a standard 
shipper and ranks high as a canner, while as a table 
berry it has few superiors. One trait of the Sample is 
its perfect system of coloring a certain percentage of 
its fruit each day until the season is over; and the 
bright red is evenly distributed all over the berry. 
With this combination of fine qualities it is not sur- 
prising that the Sample is a universal favorite. This is 
the twelfth year for Sample in our breeding beds. 
Brandywine, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. One of the most universally 
popular berries known, and it has a popularity rightly 
won. The berries are immense big fellows deep blood 
red to the center and possess a flavor peculiar to the 
variety. It is one of the best canning berries grown. 
Bright yellow seeds that are very prominent making a 
beautiful contrast set in the blood-red fruit. The calyx 
is very large. Not only is Brandywine one of the 
largest and most beautiful among the late varieties, but 
is also one of the most productive. The fruit stems 
grow erect, holding the big berries up from the ground. 
Foliage is very large and of an upright nature, with a 
dark-green leathery leaf, which affords good protection 
for the bloom. Many of these flowers open under the 
leaves which protect them from late frosts, a feature 
which all growers recognize as very valuable. This is 
the fifteenth year Brandywine has been selected in our 
breeding beds. 
the last thirty years of its existence you have conclusive 
proof that selection and restriction thoroughly carried out 
would have perpetuated this sterling old variety indefi- 
nitely. If you study this subject carefully you will see 
there is variability in everything possessing life, and 
that the basis of all improvements is selection and physi- 
cal manipulation. 
Improvements by Breeding and Selection 
I T is a law of nature that any faculty of body or mind 
* which is never used shall be taken away. We must 
use it or lose it. We send our children to school where 
their brains will be systematically exercised to acquire 
power to solve intricate problems. A child never al- 
lowed this privilege could never become a mental giant. 
To develop their muscle and physical powers we send 
them to the gymnasium. 
To develop and bring out a fruit organism in a 
plant you must exercise it in that direction. It is doing 
that develops, but note the especial point that excessive 
doing destroys the tissues. Our asylums are full of peo- 
ple whose brain power has been destroyed by excessive 
thinking. There are scores of persons who have been 
ruined by overwork. The friction arising out of it is 
greater than the gland system can replace. 
It is exactly so with the plant. It overworks its fruit 
producing organism and must be restrained (restricted) 
to the ability of the gland system to replace the parts 
worn out, and so long as this is done the plant will grow 
stronger, but when you pass that line it will grow weaker 
and waste away. 
We propagate continuously from bearing plants, but 
ihey are restricted to the point where strength accumu- 
lates. For the purpose of securing the betterment of 
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