A CLUSTER OF W^^l. BELT BERRIES 
'PHIS variety grows big crops of hie, red berries that hang in clusters from powerful stems. There is just suflicient varia- 
* tion in form of the fruit to make a box of them very attractive. The flesh is very rich and meaty and of deep red which ex- 
tends to the center. The berries are in every respect extra-fancy, and the fact that it grows, \ike its famous mate. Glen Mary» 
under practically all conditions makes it one of the most popular varieties ever originated. We have grown this extraordinary- 
variety for seventeen years, and we can say with entire confidence that growers should set generously of this variety. Both 
Wm. Belt and Glen Mary have reached the highest point of popularity in the Inter-Mountain states, and they are rapidly be- 
coming equally as pojjular, as they become known, from California to British Columbia. Don't fail to give them a thorough test- 
cultivation should be at least four inches deep. 
In running the cultivator in clay soil, therefore, it 
will be necessary to take care that the two culti- 
vator teeth coming next to the plants shall be at 
least one and one-half inches shorter than those 
working in the center of the rows. It will be a 
simple matter for your blacksmith to shorten the 
teeth as is required. In soil of this nature we 
recommend, in addition to the use of the twelve- 
tooth cultivator, that the five-tooth cultivator be 
used as frequently as every two weeks in the 
stirring up of the center of the spaces between 
the rows. 
HAVING your soil in perfect condition, the next 
essential for big crops of big red berries is 
perfectly developed plants. If you have pur- 
chased plants of high quality from a reputable 
source, you may with confidence go forward with 
your work, and it is important that 
Good Plants make all of the conditions as corn- 
are Essential fortable for the plants and as en- 
couraging to productiveness as it is possible to do. 
One of the important things to this end is the re- 
moval of all buds and blossoms from each plant 
during the first season of its growth. When this 
is done all of the strength of the growing plant 
goes into the development of massive roots and 
crown systems and upon these depend the quality 
and character of the fruit yield. Therefore, be 
sure to check the plant's tendency to fruit while 
it is yet youn^ by pinching off each fruiting stalk. 
One man easily will do this work on one acre in 
half a day. The results of the careful observance 
of this rule will be a vigorous and symmetrical 
plant development, and this in turn means large 
yields of splendid fruit. When possible, cut or 
pinch off every bud-stalk before the buds open. 
THEN there is the necessity of removing sur- 
plus runners. By surplus runners we mean 
those young plants that develop after you have 
formed your system. If your system is the sin- 
gle-hedge row, then you will permit two runner 
plants to grow and will layer them 
directly in line with the mother Removing Sur- 
plant. If you have adopted the 
double-hedge-row system, you will allow each 
mother plant to mature four runner plants, and 
these runner plants will be layered X fashion, the 
mother plant forming the center of the X. Or, if 
you desire to grow your plants by the hill system, 
then you will allow no runner plants whatever to 
form, but the mother plant itself will be encour- 
aged to develop a great fruiting system. The few- 
er runner plants, the more vigorous the mother 
