MILIAR. 
MEDroM TO LATE. Bl-sexual. Of great merit, 
throws a large amount of pollen. Its popularity Is 
not coming, but already here, and why shouldn't It 
be popular when It is one of the very best of Its 
season? The berries are almost round and uniform In 
shape and size, bright red color, one of the kind that 
looks as though it had Ijeen painted Just to attract 
attention. Well, if it were it has accomplished the 
purpose, for no lover of nature can pass it by without 
admiring Its beauty, but the beauty only tells half 
the story; the productiveness and rich flavor makes 
up the other half. It throws out an extra heavy 
foliage of a most beautiful light green, with a grace- 
ful spreading habit, and it makes numerous runners 
so the grower can train them to suit himself. The 
great contrast between the foliage of Miller and all 
other varieties on our grounds is very marked. This 
Is the fourth year of selection in our breeding bed. 
showing a better record and more points of excellence 
each year. Reports of Miller from Covington trial 
bed gives it same points as here. 
tiire work up so near the top that there is 
danger of waste by evaporation, the capillary 
power becoming stronger as the per cent of 
water in the mulch increases. This is why the 
importance of frequent cultivations during a 
drouth cannot be overestimated. 
HOW DEEP TO CULTIVATE. 
We find that cultivating to a depth of three 
inches has a big advantage in conserving mois- 
ture over a less depth; it gives a thicker dust 
mulch, making it more possible to hold the 
water from getting away by evaporation. Ihe 
top soil should be stirred at least once every 
eight days whether it rains or not; this dis- 
turbs the old mulch and replaces it with a 
fresh one. Continued cultivation through a 
drouth will check evaporation more than one- 
half. Our cultivators are so arranged that the 
tooth next to the plants is one and one-half 
inches shorter than the others, which prevents 
the danger of cutting roots; the three inch 
depth should be continued until about Septem- 
ber 1st, then shallow up a little next to plants 
but going deeper in the center. Roots come 
nearer the surface in the fall and should not be 
disturbed as this is the time of year when the 
fruit buds are forming. Keep cultivator to 
outer edge of foliage, breakmg crus that 
forms near the plants with hoes; this will keep 
mCK OHMER. 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Bl-sexual. One Of the very 
largest berries on the list, is a valuable variety on 
account of large size, high quality and bright red 
color; very firm, making it an extra good shipper. 
The foliage Is simply handsome, such large, broad, 
thick leaves; It Is easily distinguished from all others 
in the field. If it is big. bright red specimens you 
want, this will suit you. It has been bred up seven 
years In our trial grounds, making selections from 
mother plants showing highest points of excellence. 
moisture in reserve for the plants to use in 
building up their fruit bud system. We have 
never found any belter tool for the strawberry 
field than the Planet, Jr., l2-tooth harrow, 
with the pulverizer attachment at the rear. We 
use it altogether and can furnish it to our cus- 
tomers at manufacturers' prices. It some- 
times happens that land is exposed to a long 
sweep of wind and when heavy winds prevail 
it will raise the dust and often throw sand 
against the plants so as to seriously injure 
them. This is prevented by large cultivator 
teeth throwing the ground up in ridges. This 
breaks the friction on the smooth surface so 
the sand cannot rise. 
*Send for our special catalog of tools. 
SPRAYING THE PROPAGATING BED. 
In propagating these thoroughbred plants 
it is our whole aim to produce the best and 
most perfectly developed plant possible, and 
in order to insure our customers the best we 
feel it our duty to use every precaution known 
to the plant breeder's art, and spraying is one 
thing we would not dare to neglect. With al 
the good eflects derived from its continual 
use we wish to emphasize the fact that it is 
only a preventative and not a cure; it is done 
with the same object in view that medical 
science has in vaccination. This is done to 
make the patient immune to smallpox, while 
we spray plants to make them immune to all 
fungus attacks. Therefore it is quite essential 
to start the spray machine early enough to 
head ofif the enemy if there be any. We will- 
ingly admit our cowardice, and lest there 
should be an attack we start our spray rna- 
chine as soon as the plants are set, working 
on the same theory as the man who said he 
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