The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-09
wisconsin horticultural Meeting.

Wisconsin horticultural Meeting.
plant and care for strawberries. He
recommended covering the beds in the
fall with straw as a mulch. In the
spring he would loosen up this mulch
enough to let the plants grow through.
He advised people not to buy cheap
plants just because they were cheap.
lie had had people come to him and
say that their strawberry beds were
failures,and on investigation had found
that the plants they had used were old
ones that neighbor had dug up to
throw away. One should be sure to
get good plants, whether they cost
little or much. In setting out pistil-
lates and staminates should be set in
rows by themselves, staminate row
1o- each third row, and these should
DE marked so that they could be told
at any time. This would help to iden-
TRY the new plants growing from
them. In marking the best way has
proved to be a piece Of zinc. This
would not rust and obscure the name.
Each zinc tag should be nailed on
piece of wood and the wood driven
into the ground at the end of the row.
AS four best strawberries fitted for
distant markets ]. D. Sarles of Sparta
named Warfield, Crescent, Micheis
Early and Wilson's Albany.
Mr.. Johnson-First four for near
markets. would name for the first
Crescent; this, l believe. is berry of
the first quality and the best, taking
all things together 1t is sour. it is
true. but it has very pleasant acid
taste and is much enjoyed If eaten
with sugar. The Crescent is also OF
good size if you give 1t good attention.
The usual trouble is that many grow
ers pick it before it is ripe for the sake
of getting it into market while the
prices are high. The berry is then
half grown and red except the tip. 1t
does not pay to pick at this time, for
If one will wait till the berries are
fully ripe they will have doubled in
size, and will taste better and sell bet
ter, although it will have to be for a
lower price But double the qusntity
will more than pay for the partial
loss in price. This berry is one of the
first to ripen, there being few that
ripen two days before it. Haverland is
next. There is a great demand foT it,
though l do not like it myself very
much. l think there is an advantage
in having pollenizer near the size of
the pistillate berry. For the Haver
land | prefer the Lovett. 1t has a
great many little roots running from
it. Brandywine has come through the
tests we'll and l would name that for
the fourth berry.
Q.-How many times have you fruit
ed the Brandywine?
A.-For two years. 1t has done as
well as l expected.
Q.-Can you ship the Haverland?
A.-Not usually. Sometimes it will
keep over night.
Q.-Does the Brandywine rust?
Alt has not rusted with me.
Q.-Is the Haverland as good as the
Warfield?
Aft 1 wanted a canning berry !
would raise the Warfield
Q.--Why do you recommend that the
pollenizing berry should be the same
size as the pistillate?
Al do not very strongly recon-
mend that; but it Injuries the sample
of berries to mix two different sizes in
the same box. They do not sell as
well. That is the only point l make
on that.
Mr.. Hartwell-Now, at our meeting
in Illinois one man brought out a
point as to mixing berries. He would
grow in the same fields berries that |
ripened at the same time, for he be-
Iieves that pollenizers that ripen at
later or earlier date than the plants
to be poilenized may not do their work |
fully. He tries to mix varieties that |
bloom at the same time. He thinks
hat as a rule he gets more berries.
Mr.. Plum have noticed that the |
oollenizer does have a great influence
IN the quality of the berry of the pis-
:illate plant. l believe it is a point
our consideration. A word
about the old bed. Had it not been
or old beds last year 1 would have
lad little fruit. We had about fifteen
lcres of old beds in our vicinity. My
,eds plowed between the rows and
eft about one foot untouched. The
,lants covered that space and gave
enewal of the beds. The work was
lone in 1896 and gave us good crop
# berries in 1897.
Mr.. Sarles-I tried that and put my
ubsoil plow in for about twenty
inches. l ran it along the rows, STIR
ing the soil to a depth of twenty
inches and leaving the old rows for
bout ten inches in width untouched.
he roots of the strawberry plant will
O down as far as the soil is so loose
nd wet. The plants can thus get at
ew sources Of food supply. l believe
is the best thing l have seen or
card of. l then cultivate the follow
lg spring. / know this is against the
of many. After the beds are
arrowed in the spring put back the