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and, if located near a first-class market, so as to be able to deliver 
directly to consumers, can, by raising the choice varieties, com- 
mand the highest price for his fruits. For instance, one grower of 
this place, who delivers directly to private families, reports his 
lowest price this year as eighteen cents per quart. Of course, 
these were fancy fruits, carefully picked and in clean baskets, but — 
there is no doubt that the care given increased his profits one- 
half. We should advise, if planting for a fancy market, the fol- 
lowing varieties: Early, Haverland and Van Deman, medium 
season ; Bubach, Sharpless and Burt’s, for late; Crawford, Mid- 
dlefield, Parker Earle and Gandy. If for distant market, Van 
Deman, Stayman’s No. 1, Burt’s. For near-by market, the last 
mentioned varieties with the addition of Beeder Woods, Parker 
Farle and possibly Mount Vernon. ° 
Thus having Van Deman to pollenize Haverland; Bubach 
between Sharpless and Burt's; Middlefield between Parker Earle 
and Gandy. Most of these varieties have become so well known 
and so extensively propagated that they can be bought very 
reasonably, and they will increase so rapidly, that, starting with 
a few hundred plants, thousands can be had in a year’s time, thus 
putting a beginning within the reach of almost anyone. 
INSECT ENEMIES OF THE STRAWBERRY. 
The insect enemies of the strawberry are numerous, although 
but few of them cause serious injury. Two of these pests that 
attack the root of the plant are the Strawberry Root-borer and 
the Strawberry Crown-borer. The first is a small caterpillar 
nearly half an inch long and of a reddish pink color, This borer 
eats irregular channels through the crown, often tunneling in 
various directions, eating its way to the surface. The caterpillar 
burrows into the heart of the plant and remains in one of the 
chambers during winter. In June it changes into a small reddish- 
brown chrysalis either in one of the cavities excavated in the 
crown or among decayed leaves or rubbish. The moth, which 
escapes in July is very small and of a dark gray color. This 
moth lays an egg on the crown of the plant late in July or early 
in August, which soon hatches and the caterpillar begins its depre- 
dations. ‘The Crown-borer larva is a grub of about one-fifth of an 
inch long, white, with a horney-yellow head. The grub eats the - . % 
substance of the crown and is very destructive. The remedies 


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