The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06
STRAWBERRIES IN THE FALL
4 NEW TYPE or ~ iNF 6ROH L.
FRS arr DEl EIOPING.

Up state This Year The, ,r Brrn Ea,inS
straw berry shortcahe In Oct eb-r
Canractertstics % thr Plant How 20
Get Strawberries tnti Frost Gene.
Grow er~ are Gcs'.oping typ" Of str.
berry plant which yields crop IN iu..
fall. Its bearing period Is from June
Ia December ar frost. One az ,aq.e
who are cultivas,nV II Ia J. }. Farms u
Pulaski. y. Y. All September and Go.
tober Mr. Farmer has been serving straw.
berry shortcaks at grange meet,uE>
and other gatherings and at the up-s,ar.
fairs his baskets OF fresh picked berri-,
have cd no end Of interest.
At present MIR. Farmer has only Sn
plants. making a patch Of about half an
acre. They were planted in May Next
year he expects to have a full acre ~
his results SO far MIR. Farmer says:
The COD plants and young runners
from them have borne more than un
quarts OF berries this fall. which could
have been sold for IS cents quart whole
sale. The dealers retailed them at ~
to 80 cents a quart.
We have had plenty Of berries from
August up to date and will oontinu. tn
PICK tneNl through NoNUucV' VI uhti
frost. We have had to cover the plants
only twice SO far. The plants are loaded
with blossoms and green berries and
would bear fruit all winter were II not for
freezes.
We had sixty quarts on exhibition a, he
New York State Fair and exhibited "A
crate at the Western New York Hort
cultural Socisty's exhibit and had guam
titles OF them displayed in FIVE oths-
places These sixty quarts were all
shown at one time to convince people
We could pick them in quantity.
-On October II We took twsnty-thr"'
quarts to the Grange at Pulaski, il beInG
the annual harvest supper. They We're
made into shortcake and about one hun
dred and fifty people enjoyed something
they never had eaten before. strawberry
shortcake IN October.
AT this time OF year they rpen slowly
and We pick only about once wees
These plants will bear IN quantity for
about two months and will outyield spring
bearing varieties. They are richer IN
flavor than spring friitng varieties out
though Of good fair size. Next year will
have a full acre TO fruit and should thsy
bear as we'll next year as this We Will h.
pick ing from twenty TO twenty-five crates
Of fresh strawberries twice q week. IL
gathering Strawberries by the wagon load
In August. September and October.
Il am often asked II tho ever bearing
strawberry plant IL q practical thing
|, surely is. but do not advise siipshod
taking care and attention and will pay the
man who gives them the proper atten-
tion. whether for home use or fancy
market.
\ In fhR ErSnHh
bearing strawberry. so-called. he said no
They must not be confused. he said.
with that sort OF fruit. which II said Z"
produce q crop within few months after
these berries are ever bearing all right.
they are small and OF comparatively little
value in this country
The berries arm raising are OF the same
type a. our common garden or cultivated
strawberry in size and general charHc-
t.ri-'ics. except that they bear fruit from
the regular fruiting season OF straw
berries until hard freezes IN the fall and
winter. from June until December In this
locality
NV attention was first attracted TO
tins type Of straw berry by the receipt Of
a baking powder box full OF them from
my old friend. Samuel Cooper Of Catta
raugus county. New York. He wrote me
he had found a fail bearing runner
sport from the old Bismarck strawberry.
growing ON his grounds which he named
The Pan-American from the fact that l.
came to light the year OF the Pan-Ameriean
exposition.
new race OF straw berries While II has
great value il has its faults and " soon
L. surpassed by larger more productive
and better varieties. though i must not
be- overlooked that 10 Ia TO Mr. Cooper
that credit il really due IN discovering
this new type OF straw erry
Mr. Farmer il now growing whaI ma
calls the Francis and the Americus ant
these he considers superior 10 any faii
Tearing berries yet produced They ar"
healthy and vigorous and produce an
abundance Of runners and young plants
As To the care they need he says.
The only difference in management
between ordinary strawberries ana IN"
ever bearing kinds is in the care OF IN"
blossoms To get the best results You must
pinch OF the blossoms and the fruit
stems until about three weeks befor"
you wantthe fruit. They viii bear
big crop Of fruit in the spripg and then
a fair crop again IN the fall think th'r
produce a larger crop OF fruit in the TAI.
however. il the blooms are cut until you
want the largest show OF fruit,
NV original stock act out last spring
bore fruit last summer and faii ana me
blooms were cut OF this summer until
from these on July ~ and they are pre-.
ducing a picking every few days right
along now and are full Of blossoms and
green berries.
Ordinary berries produce one cr"p
in two years Ever bearing strawberrie-
produce three crops in two years. This
IL u great advantage.
NV plan for growing these berries -
10 set them out in the spring. cut the
blossoms to July /. allow them 20 irui'
all through the summer and fall. frir
again in June the following year and a.
any time after thar when they show an
inclination so to do. OF course for beat
results he-n plants must not be ailowedio
become choked with weeds and gras-
If kept scrIpulou~ly clean they are bound
tn show results. ] am more than sal isfied
with the results already shown and ex-
pect even better things for the future.