St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-07

4 Ruuny MANS Remarkable Successes WIN
the Luscisus Strawberry.
/ have received numerous letters OF
inquiry in regard to my success in
raising small fruits Generally speak
ing Ihavc been rather moro success
full in raising small fruit than in rais-
in. large fruit do not take to my
self undue credit for it. but l have
been very lucky. Strawberries have
always been my favorite vegetable.
and embarked in the business ofrais-
ing them while yet boy. the neigh
bors saying I could raise more OF them
than any other boy in the ncishbor-
hood. and always raised the biggest
ones in thcir patches; they said ] was
n regular strawberry blonde. and that
could have stepped on more vines il
! had tried; but couldn't spare the
time. l was diligent student Of
the habits and took every occa-
sion to cultivate tho acquaintance
Of the strawberry rather that to cul-
tivate it, Folks said il l was better up
in the theories of the line4ence / would
have had less success in the small
fruit line but my taste greatly inn
proved. and later on began raisin.
Strawberries from my own vines and
fgirecs. as it were. know Of no bet-
ter recreation than to work among
straw berries when they are ripe. and
tho early sun In tho spring always
finds me diligently in the bed-either
the strawberry bed or my Own-with-
ont caring for sun-stroke. or the stroke
Of the clock for that matter. do not
supply the town. but you can SEQ my
Strawberries around at stores As latc
40 any Of them. and you can tell my
boxes on sight; the berries bulge wav
up on top; not level across like tho
some others. and also bulge way up
at the bottom; this 10 why they say ]
have got the bulge on the
berry market, and i am
going to hold it. In this way
am enabled to sell more berries. and
put the large ones on the top to keep
them from being mashed at the bot
tom. and purchasers can 500 at .
glance the big berries they are buyings
the majority Of them being small. ]
can truthfully say that there are more
berries in one Of my boxes than in two
Of the others; while by dipping them
in swectencd water before selling
them. consumers do not need to put
sugar on them. and they save that
much
Every man has his reputation and
price to keep up in strawberry time a.
well as election time They say the
ssem parts Of the berries ara 20 vsk
luminous that they answer tho pur-
pose of excelsior and prevent bruis-
ing-a commendable feature other
Strawberries lack. clearinghouse
rather favor my crop. and when they
can buy them will take no others
Each box contains all the leading
varieties-the Dead R'pcrs." the
blood Reds" tho Pale Pinks." the
Perfect Whites and the EARLY
Green's" From repeated crossing ]
am enabled to raise all these varieties
on one plant. which makes it very
handy.
BY attending more strictly 10 the
sale of them than to their cultivation.
/ know Ct nothing which ! have been
as successful in rs in strawberries
and intend to extend my patch this
year.
hire boys to pick, as 1t makes my
back ache and puts my legs to sleep
but gag them before they enter tho
patch; there is economy in that; and
my quart boxes are made right out OF
Green wood. which is cheaper; then
they are kiln-dried. which prevents
them from expanding. as You can
well see. OF course there are tricks
i'm the business whereby 1t is made
more profitable. but it is always bet
Ter to deal fair and square with every
body. if they do squeal-A W. BEL
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