CRESCENT. 
EARLY. Pistillate. Probably the oldest berry 
In general cultivation, and Is still the leader with 
many growers. A few years ago it was discarded by 
some on account of Its being run out In many locali- 
ties through careless methods of propagation, but 
these same growers are taking It back, starting their 
beds with these thoroughbred plants, which show an 
increase over their old time vigor, and when con- 
fined to hedge or narrow matted row Its berries are 
big enough for anyone They are a beautiful fire red, 
good shippers and .xplcndid sellers; all these good 
points combined with its remarkable productiveness 
are what make it so pi-ofitable to those who* use 
plants that are thoroughly built up in the fruit pro- 
ducing organs. Twenty years testing and selecting In 
our breeding beds, with close restrictions, makes you 
safe In setting it largely. 
phoric acid and potash, and the amount of 
these three things govern the value. The cheap 
fertilizer contains very little of these elements 
and you have to pay the freight and distribute 
two or three tons of dirt to get as much food 
as one ton of the high grade. 
Commercial fertilizers should be used in 
connection with stable manures and legumin- 
ous plants turned under in order to get humus. 
If there is plenty of humus in the soil you 
may rely on them altogether. The manufac- 
turers have given careful study to the needs of 
particular plants and furnished special formu- 
las for different crops, and all towns have their 
agents, so you can get these pamphlets free. 
It pays to use manure very liberally. There 
are three things you can safely borrow money 
to purchase and these are: Thoroughbred 
Pedigree plants containing the machinery for 
making big, red berries; and plenty of power 
to run them in the shape of manures, and good 
land. The returns of all these are bountiful 
and prompt. Use them even excessively lib- 
eral for the dividends will be ample. 
SOIL BLENDING. 
Preparing the soil for certain species of 
plants is like blending coffee; a decision upon 
the crop to be grown must be made before it 
can be prepared intelligently. The coffee 
blender finds out what is wanted by the trade, 
whether a strong or mild flavored drink, then 
goes ahead and mixes in the different grades 
that will produce the desired flavor. We al- 
WARnEtD. 
EARLY. Pistillate. Every berry grower knows 
that this is one of the greatest market berries of Its 
season on the list. For canning it is unsurpas.sod. 
The berries are deep blood red to center, all nearly 
the same size and true as a top, but no one ever .seen 
a top half so bright and pretty as the Warfleld would 
make. It is superior as a shipper because It carries 
well and stands up In the box for days, still retaining 
that bright red color. It starts to ripen its load of 
fruit a few days after the earliest, ripening an Im- 
mense picking every day for several wcek.s, lasting 
until Gandy starts. It Is hardly necessary to men- 
tion Its productiveness as evei-ybody knows it is a 
wonder In that respect. The plants never get large 
In the propagating bed. but Just keep thom restricted 
to a hedge row and see them stool up; also see that 
It Is properly pollenlzed so all the blnom will become 
fertlllred and make big berries. It has had eighteen 
years of selection and close restriction and it is one 
of the kind that shows Its breeding; succeeds where 
any berries will grow. 
ready have said that all plants do not have the 
same likes, and judgment must be used to get 
the proper plant foods in right proportion; 
then the results worked for are attained, con- 
sidering other conditions are equal. Well 
rotted manure is certainly one thing that 
should not be omitted, as it contains plant 
food in well balanced form, besides the chem- 
ical effect it has on the soil in assisting other 
plant foods to become available makes it es- 
pecially valuable; but with all its good qual- 
ities there is a right and wrong time to apply 
it. The ideal way is to manure the ground 
one year in advance, growing cow peas or 
some other leguminous crop to take up the 
strongest part. The potato is an excellent 
crop to grow in advance of berries, providing 
land is scarce and cannot be given up to 1c;tu- 
minous plants. When preparation cannot be 
made a year ahead we advise putting the ma- 
nures on in the winter and early spring, let- 
ting the snow and rains wash the litpiids into 
the soil; then in the spring the vegetable part 
can be worked into the ground with plo'vs 
and harrows, and if it is throughlv mixed into 
the soil and made fine the effect will be almost 
equal to preparing a year in advance. 
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