The sun., 1919-08-24

BIB: IL perfect blossoms, P, and PIP
If imperfect The most promising
plants after fruiting were designated
by C, &C, CCC and CCCC.
When the runners were ready to
strike root pots were set about those
plants which were the most promis-
ing and just as many pots taken from
each as possible so as to test the plant
as a runner maker, while the runners
from the less promising plants were
allowed to set their roots into the
ground around the mother plant
When the roots began to push
through the pots into the ground, the
pets were removed to a partially
shaded place, so that they would not
dry off and where they could be held
until the group was completed.
Each variety was then set out in a
group by itself, into beds of three rows
each, the distance between beds being
two and one-half feet and the dis
tance between rows in the beds being
fifteen inches, while the plants were
set every fifteen inches in the row.
Cultivation was continued as long
as possible in the fall to force deep
roofing. and just as soon as the ground
began to freeze the plants were COW
cred by mulch.
When the plants began to grow in
the spring the mullen was removed
and cultivation started. The same
symbols were again used to denote the
characteristics of plant and fruit and
after fruiting the most promising were
taken up with ball OF earth and set
out two feet apart, In rows four feet
apart. for the purpose OF making run
ners In order to test their productive
hess In the matted row.
The runners which were allowed to
set around the least promising mother
plants and which showed up we'll after
fruiting were then taken up and set
out for runner production. 1t is well
| to note that two Of the most productive
and most highly valued varieties have
come from runners OF plants that
would have been discarded at the end
or the first season. and one of these
has since taken a silver medal.
BY the end OF the third season the
hybridizer has had an opportunity Of
testing all promising plants, both in
the hill system and in the matted row,
and by this time begins TO know some
thing of their relative values.
To test still further they were al
lowed to pass through several winters
without mulching. Those which were
| deep rooted had firm hold in the
ground and so survived.
Out OF the seven thousand which
were thus originated. about one hun
| drec and fifty have stood all tests and
Oh these the only two that have oeeIi
exhibited have been awarded silver
medals by the Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society. These are called De
, Lues Judith and De Lues Venia.
The Judith was awarded a silver
medal in 1915 and three first prizes by
the same society IN 1917. The past
season it was the first native berry 10
arrive in the Boston market and
brought in the open market one dollar
per quart box wholesale, while the bes,
or the New York and the New Jersey
berries were selling at the same time
Tor thirty-five cents and forty cents
retail. This is the highest price ever
paid for a berry at wholesale in the
Boston market.
The Judith is bi-sexual, or perfec
towering plant. 1t is the earliest a.
we'll as one of the latest and one o.
the five most productive out of tn,
1000. 1t is very large and carries II.
size throughout the whole season
making it especially valuable for tn,
home garden. The color is deep rec
all through; the seeds are small ant
bright yellow. The shape is that of {
truncated cone. The flavor is unsur
passed. 1t is sweet and juicy, ant
the berry is so firm as to allow O
its being dropped from a height O
four feet from the hand to the groun,
without injury. The flesh is fin,
grained and without core. The stem
are stout enough to bear up well tn,
large clusters of berries. The 70
liage, which is medium light green
is strong and healthy and remains 81
after fruiting. 1t is tall enough 4
cover the bloss SONS, thereby protecting
them against frost. The runners ar,
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