JOCUNDA STRAWBERRIES-A MONEY-MAKER IN THE INTER-MOUNTAIN STATES 
JOCUNDA is medium early and is one of the greatest money-malters throughout the Inter-Mountain states. It is a wonderful 
fruiter, the berries are large with a bright, shiny surface, and the sparkling yellow seeds make them all the more beautiful. 
The berries are bright red. velvety in texture and very juicy. The calyx is large and beautiful. The plant is exceedingly hardy, 
and a heavy runner-maker. When grown in hills the plants attain immense size. The leaves are round and quite large, sup- 
ported by long stems, which give splendid protection to the fruit. We advise all our Inter-Mountain State friends to set a large 
acreage to Jocunda, and we are confident that this gi-eat variety soon will become a favorite in the Central-Western states. We 
have a large stock of these plants, but the demand for them is so ^reat and so universal as to make it necessary to order early. 
An experienced Colorado grower writes us that the variety called 'Remington," grown at Steamboat Springs, is really Jocunda. 
of Haverland and a fifth row of Parsons' Beauty; 
then three rows of Haverland and so on. Or, 
you may set Haverland in the same manner be- 
tween rows of Longfellow and Clyde, or between 
Helen Davis and Wm. Belt. The idea we wish 
to convey is that a pistillate will give greater re- 
turns and more fancy fruit when grown in rows 
between two bisexuals, one of which should be 
earlier and the other later than the pistillate. 
CULTIVATION should begin as soon as pos- 
sible after the plants are set in the ground, 
and this should be repeated every eight or ten 
days thereafter if the weather remains clear. 
Whenever it rains, however, you should be in 
your strawberry field as soon 
as soil conditions render it pos- 
sible todo so. But never culti- 
vate the soil before it will crumble when disturbed. 
Soil conditions always should determine the time 
of cultivation. One thing that never should be 
neglected is the tendency of the soil to form a 
crust. Here are some of the desirable results of 
cultivation: Cultivation prevents the crust from 
forming on the soil's surface, and destroys all 
weed seed while they are in the germinating stage. 
Continuous, vigorous growth is obtained only 
when the digestive organs of the plant are in a 
healthy condition. To keep the digestive organs 
The Need and Value 
of Cultivation 
in a healthy condition we must keep bacteria ac- 
tive. To keep bacteria active we must supply 
them with an abundance of air ; and to supply air we 
must cultivate. Cultivation forms a dust mulch, 
a dust mulch retains moisture, moisture dissolves 
plant food, plant food makes active roots, active 
roots build up a big foliage, a big foliage makes 
perfect digestion, and perfect digestion devel- 
ops a heavy fruit-bud system and keeps up a con- 
tinuous, vigorous growth. Let us add that the 
grower should never fail, at the last cultivation 
in the fall, to run a narrow furrow down the 
center of the spaces between the rows, so that 
all surplus water from heavy rains or melting 
snows may quickly drain away. Make this fur- 
row from four to five inches deep. 
SOME growers prefer to cultivate their plants 
by the hill system, others like the single-hedge 
row, and still others, the double-hedge row. There 
are some growers who still continue to grow 
plants by the narrow-matted row, but this is 
something we never advise. The 
grower should consider his market Different Sys- 
when setting out his plants. If he Followed 
is near a large city and has a trade that is willing 
to pay fancy prices for fancy fruit, there is no 
doubt but the largest results will be secured from 
the hill system. If one's plot is limited as to size 
