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hip and produced in great abundance. The fruit 
Is very dark colored and soon gets so black, when 
placed on sale, that it is practically unsalable. 
The flavor of the fruit is very fair in a dry 
season, but during a wet spell it is so inferior 
that it would disgust the person of sensitive 
taste. If you plant the Progressive, you are sure 
to get fall strawberries, and I advise planting it. 
if you cannot grow any other kind successfully. 
The Progressive, Francis and Americus are not 
adapted to grow for a spring crop, they produce 
such a (luanlity of fruit that the berries are 
small and unsalable when placed beside the large 
summer bearing varieties. 
PBODtJCTIVE. There is no more profitable 
berry to grow for a sjiring or summer crop than 
the Productive. It bears a good crop in the fall, 
but the berries are not as well colored or of as 
good flavor in the fall as they are in the spring. • 
'rhe plants are sturdy growers and healthy the 
first year. 'I'he second year they are inclined to 
rust if not sprayed with Hordeaux. It is about 
the most productive strawberry I have ever J 
fruited. The blossom is pistillate and they liear 1 
large crops of berries when staminated varieties I 
fail. The Productive should be planted with the I 
idea of fruiting in summer, and what fruit you ' 
get in the fall is so much pure gain. 1 
Superb is considered the most valuable variety. 
I think I have made it plain that it must be 
kept in hills with runners cut. if you want a 
large crop in the fall. 
Special Treatment for Fall Strawberries. 
Many people who hear of my success with fall 
strawberries think that, because I have been 
cultivating strawberries for so many years, 
i have discovered some secret that enables me to 
get crops of fall strawberries, when the average 
grower could not. There is no slight-of-hand or 
wizzard act to this business. It is all as open 
as a book. Tlie plants used to produce these fall 
t rops are of the everbearing variety, a new siiecies 
of strawberries, found by Mr. (..‘ooper in 1899. 
'I'hey differ from the common varieties of straw¬ 
berries in that they blossom continuously from 
May until winter time. If left to themselves, 
they would bear occasi<)nal small crops of berries 
every month from Juno till winter. If the blos¬ 
soms are picked off until August 1st or later, 
they will begin to frnit in about three weeks 
from that date, and continue until hard freezes in 
the fall. 'riie cutting off of the blossoms not 
only delays tlie crop, but it conserves the energies 
of the plants, and they bear larger crops, and do 
Three Children of L. J, Farmer Crating Fall 
SUFEBB. This variety is a strong, healthy 
grower and the plants are produced in great 
abundance. The individual plants are not so large 
as the Productive, but it makes many times as 
many new plants. They root deeply and endure 
the drouth well. To get the best results, it 
should be kept in hills to fruit well. If the run¬ 
ners are all allowed to grow the first year, there 
will be few berries, provided the plants mat 
thickly in the rows. 'When kept in hills, the 
plants make large stools, and are very producti-'o. 
The berries are very large, round, as if turned 
out in a lathe, and present a very pleasing appear¬ 
ance. It succeeds on all kinds of soils. Under 
ordinary conditions, it is not near so producii”e 
as Rockhill's Seedlings; but when the runners are 
kept off. it is unsurpassed. Even if it is not con¬ 
sidered as a fall bearing strawberry, it will pay 
to grow the Superb for the spring crop. It is 
very large and productive in June, and what you 
get in the fall is clear gain. The Superb suc¬ 
ceeds best of any in the South. 'With many, the 
Bearing Strawberries, October 20th, 1911. 
not become exliausted in the short time that they 
are bearing. The fall bearing varieties bear their 
largest and best crop the first year, the year that 
they are set out. In order to have them bear 
well in the fall of the second year, they must be 
well fertilized and given clean culture, treated 
just as you would a new sot field. The fall bear¬ 
ing varieties will stand fully double the fertiliz¬ 
ing that common varieties will. You cannot take 
a common summer bearing variety and convert 
it into a fall bearing variety that you can depend 
upon. Some common varieties will fruit in the 
fall of the second year if you mow off the foliage 
and fertilize well after the regular spring crop. 
The second crop of strawberries, on ordinary 
kinds, is largely caused by unusual weather con¬ 
ditions, such as too much drouth, followed by 
abundant moisture. To understand the fall straw¬ 
berry proposition thoroughly, you should read my 
book “Farmer on the Strawberry.” Price, 25 
cents, or free with all orders for plants amount¬ 
ing to ?5.00 or more. 
