Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-08-27

straw berTie.,
We long ago came To the conclusion that
nl client i- able to state his own case fairly
However much any one may love the truth,
il l. not in his own ewes as 10 is ia bis neigh
bors, and '' what is truth ?" becomes rs i'm
portant q question for Us, as it was 2000
year, ago.
As the legal adviser oi the great pub
lie. we are careful not 90 give AN opinion un-
til We have well weighed tie evidence hence
the GqrfH.~S NufllV is never fluud in
haste % praise, or eager % condemn any
system or yariey. On the strawberry ques-
ton We determined to take tour during its
season. compare notes. and draw what NAV
seem to us fair deductions from them. We
started on the 30th Of June, strawberries
being in their prime at home, and iourneved
through Pennsylvania, Central Ohio TO st
Louis. up the Missouri 10 Hermann and
BuiTt0n. thence to Chicago and Windsor,
and Detroit to Pittsburg and home. thus af-
foriing us chance TO see things under the
most widely separated climates and systems
possible
vt home We left the straWburry a drug.
veddling through the streets at quarts for
1lc. We need not dwell on the system pur-
sued. as Mr.. Satterthwaite's essay has done
this very well. His plan is the one most pop
ular here and We found the same one pur.
sued by y. Dinner, uf Dayton, Ohio, and We
are inclined TO think that a greater weight
of fruit per acre can be had by this system
than bv any other; on tie other hand. we
are as well satisfied that a greater weight of
greenbacks per acre follows the hill system
Of culture
ID is strange that in a rua Of 5000 miles |
We should see the bill system Of culture no. |
where in use except at York and Pittsbmr,
Pa Those who attempted it did not under /
stand it. DR.. Hull well remarked to Us at !
Alton. that Of those who come to visit his /
orchards and plans, the great majority look !
on and hear, but neither see nor understand |
As a system the hill plan is nowhere in use (
that we can find, at least in perfection, ex-
cent bv Knox. All our readers know this .
plan. we need not repeat it here. hut the rc (
silt is that larger number OF large ..li,.
are produced, which always bring a larger
price, no matter how the market NAV be 4
drugged with small ones. Thus, while we |
found the jct berries Of Dayton, those of Mr.. |
Dinner, selling at 81 per bushel, we found |
the same pickings at Knox's bringing SO. /
The labor on an acre of bill culture from the I
time It is set out till the time 1t is DESTROYED. /
a years) is not half what it is by the bed (
system e years). We are satisfied that
this system properly understood is the most
profitable and the best.
As to varieties, we have seen nothing any
where like the Jucundas at Knoxs There
were thousands of berries in every direction,
of which 25 would FIJI a quart. For these
he was getting a dollar a quart. These
are put up in boxes, like railroad conductors
ticket boxes, at SC, so box of six quarts 1t
is proper however to state that alongside of
these Fillmore, Agriculturist, and some others
were very nearly as good. 1t is the system;
the system i1eK understood, nearly as much
as the variety. Yet the Jucunda was re-
fine everywhere. At st. Louis
and Alton we saw good specimens and heard
good reports bui at Detroit we found them
more than good, and growing in favor. Mr.
Ford and senator Adair, both large straw
berry growers, showed us magnificent beds
of them. AT Windsor, in Canada, at Mr..
Ford and Senator Adqir, both large straw
berry growers, showed US magnificent beds of
Dougall's, we saw La COnstante in better
perfection than we have ever seen, and could
not help thinking how glorious would be the
sight if they were grown on an intelligent
hill plan. As they were, they were little in
ferior to Knox's Jucundas in size, though TN
account of the runners being allowed to
grow on the bed system, there was not half
the fruit there might be. Mr.. D. says Won
derful is often sold for La Constante. We
found him wedding out bis bed, in which he
takes a just pride. The Wonderful is easily
distinguished from the true La Constante, as
it has slightly purple tinge to the runners,
La Constante being green, like Triomphe de
Gand.
At Dundee, on the grounds of Mr.. scran-