StriTfberries, and How He Grows Them 
PRIDE OF mcmoAN. 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Bi-sexual. And this Is a 
wonderful variety as sure as you live. We liave been 
testing and selecting this grand variety for three 
years, and this year wore elated with its behavior. 
Turn to page 11 and see the picture, which shows 
it when in bloom in our fruiting bed. It was fairly 
a sea of bloom and every blossom made a big red 
berry. 
We do not need to mention that the foliage is 
large, as the picture shows that. The berries are a 
bright red, of beautiful form and firm; it is exceed- 
ingly productive and has a long season with the last 
picking almost as big as the first; it Is rich in flavor 
and an ideal berry in every respect. A few cents 
difference in price cuts no figure with such a berry. 
We have not mentioned this favorite before, but just 
kept selecting and propagating until all variations 
were eliminated, and now we take pride in adding it 
to our list. 
calf's getting its nourishment from the cow. 
We all know that it is next to an impossibility 
to fatten a cow with the calf depending upon 
her; so it is impossible for a plant to develop 
up a big crown system with a large family of 
runners flopping about on top of the ground, 
continually drawing upon the mother plant 
for their sustenance, by having no roots to 
feed from the soil. So you can readily see the 
importance of assisting the runner plants to 
take root as soon as the node forms. Never 
overtax the mother plants by allowing them to 
set too many runners after the row is formed 
to suit your ideal; keep all the rest off; this 
will aid both mother and young plants to build 
up a big crown system. Every runner re- 
moved gives the mother plant one more boost. 
We know it takes a little courage to break oflf 
strong, promising runners, but it is like thin- 
ning the peach, plum, apple tree, etc., it must 
be done to get the best quality of plants and 
fruit and the most of them. 
WINTER. PROTECTION. 
The strawberry plant is among the hardiest 
fruit plants grown, and yet there is none that 
pays better for its winter protection. 
SUTHERLAND. 
MEDIUM TO LATE. Pistillate. Prolific as War- 
fleld, and the berries are fully as large; bright red to 
the centre, firm and good quality, doesn't vary in 
size, but holds out with nice berries to the last pick- 
ing. They hold their rich, lustrous color for days 
after being picked, but just place them nicely in the 
box and they won't get a chance to keep for several 
days. People are too hungry for bright red berries to 
allow them to set around long. The foliage is dark 
green of the rich shiny type and large enough to 
develop up a big crop of berries. After three years of 
breeding and selecting from ideal mother plants we 
see nothing to prevent its becoming a favorite. 
It is not freezing that injures the plants, 
but when it freezes every night and a- bright 
sun shines the next day it thaws and then 
the ground contracts and pulls the plants up, 
often straining or breaking the roots. If 
they are shaded with a light covering they will 
not thaw out on these bright days, but remain 
frozen solid, and when a long warm spell does 
come the frost dissolves on the under side of 
the frozen part first, so the plants cannot be 
injured. 
Old staw or cornstalks, if easily obtained, 
will do, and swale hay is also very fine. 
Leaves are apt to pack down and smother 
the plants if used too thickly, but they can be 
used between the rows and a lighter material 
or lighter covering of leaves be used on the 
crowns. Stable manure will do between the 
rows. It some times starts a weed growth, 
but they are easily disposed of. It must never 
be put on until after the ground freezes hard 
enough to enable a team to walk over it or so 
wheels will not break through. If put on early 
and a warm spell follows it would make the 
plants bleach and become tender. Slight freez- 
ing when the earth is not frozen deep will do 
no harm, as the foliage prevents it from thaw- 
ing fast. 
Always mulch your propagating bed. Put 
it on thin early, and when the ground is frozen 
deep put on more so the ground will not thaw 
out early and keep the plants cold and dormant 
until you can have time to fit your ground. 
The roots callous during the winter and get 
ready to send out new roots when it comes 
warm, and so a dormant plant will start off 
vigorously. 
Never risk your money on any plant grower 
who does not mulch his plants. This matter 
is so important that he would not fail to call 
attention to it in his catalog if he did so, and 
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