Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-16
A New Strawberry.

The story comes from FL Dorado
County, Cal, OF the discovery of a
new and uncommonly delicious variety
OF strawberry. 1t was found several
years ago in a wild state, some 8, 900
feet above sea level on the Sierra
Nevada Mountains. The plant yield
ed abundantly berries OF medium size
and exquisite flavor, and the finder
concluded that he had lighted upon a
o strawberry bonanza.
He first transplanted a few plants
and gave them a thorough trial. The
results were SO satisfactory that he
obtained three hundred more, and
subsequently enlarged his patch to n
total OF 5000 plants.
This Wild mountain berry is q per-
feet Towering variety. 1t has proved
to be all that it promised in its wild
state as an abundant yielder, and the
berries are described as exceedingly
sweet, juicy, aromatic and delicious,
melting in the mouth without leaving
q particle of hard core, and as filling
the atmosphere around thepatch with
n delightful spicy strawberry aroma.
No fewer than sixty five ripe berries
were counted on one plant, with
numerous young SHOOTS loaded
with blossoms and all sizes OF berries.
So numerous were the ripe berries
visible in the plantation that they
gave a beautiful rudy tinge to the
surface OF the patch.
The berries of this remarkable va
riety are not large, but their abund-
ance makes up for lack OF size, and it
is thought that by proper cultivation
the size can be increased.
On their native heath, in the upper
Sierras, these plants bear fruit elgnt
months. i'll the year, and would con-
tinue longer but for the fact that they
are 'nipped untimely" by frosty and
snowy weather. On lower levels it is
expected that ten months will be the
least period OF their continuous bear
ing.
We suspect that there is just a
touch of the breezy hyperbole of the
glorious West in the, description Of
this new candidate forpopular favor;
but we are ready to Nelo0pe the
cheney strawberry" to BIT and
recommend the trial of hDh indeed
it will flourish away from its Sierral
wilds.
CosIlngs--How to Manage Them.
While the geese are setting, they
should be thoroughly busted with dry
sulphur onc or twice, to cleansethem
from vermin. After the twenty-eigth
day the eggs should be put in milk
warm water a few moments each day.
This softens the shell, and enables one
to throw away the rotten, and to
count the goslings before they are
Matched. Have the nest tight, and
keep the g~oslings in over one night aft
err all are out. Make a triangular pen
with three long boards where the
grass is short but fresh and green, and
move to a new place every day. A
shallow dish of water must be placed
so that they can get into it, and be
re-fillsd as often as it gets foul. Feed
a little at a time, but often while they
are small, and at che end OF the week
they will have gained strength
so they may be turned i'll
to their pasture, if sheltered at
night. If a gosling gets wet so as to
look drenched, and it begins to droop,
it must be carried to the fire and
dried. Feed corn meal ground with
cob, mixed into dough rather dry,
with an occasional sprinkling of salt.
Care must be used to teach them to
eat regularly. Throw the dough, a
morsel at q time, in the midst of a
flock, or the old geese will get themost
of it. The goslings soon become tame
and will eat about as long as one can
feed them. At the end of the third
week feed them only twice q day, and
after the sixth not at all, till ready to
fatten them for market. A little
poultry food and cream for q chilled
gosling is about the only remedy |
know of for sick ones, nor do | think
they will be often sick if they
have good care, and poisonous herbs
are kept out of their reach. If goslings
are taught to eat, then well fed, and
kept dry till well feathered, success is
almost certain.
A Word About Fertilizers.
1t is the estimate OF a practical