RAISING STRAWBERRIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2145, 14 November 1885, Page 2

RAISING STRAWBERRIES.

From the great number of strawberries now in cultivation, it ia impossible to say .of any two or three, or of any half-dozen or dozen, " those are the best, and should have preference of all others." The value of many varieties depends upon the locality where they are raised—soil, climate, and the particular market where they are disposed of determining, in some measure, their worth, Many of the •varieties of the highest qualities, and which are most estimable for the gardon where thoy are to pass directly to the table, have peculiarities which unfit them for profitable cultivation for shipping to distant markets,' And, on the other hand, somo of the most profitable varieties for large growers, who send them to a distance, are so inferior in quality that theywould be refused at the table of a connoisseur such as every amateur grower of this most delicious fruit should be. To some extent, every strawberry grower 'must test varieties for himself; but the fruits now in cultivation are all so pood,, and the information in regard to them so full, that there is.'little danger of obtaining any that is really worthless. Those who watch with anxiety the advent of every new sort of strawberry that is sent out in these days when they come almost by dozens every season, with the hope -jf finding one that will be near their standard of perfection, whatever that may be, are hylanger of losing sight of the lact that the quality of a strawberry depends largely upon the manner in which it has been raised. The best cultivation "gives the highest quality of fruit, A deep, rich soil, clean culture, an abundant supply of water during the filling of the berry, are necessary to produce the best, fruit Vick's Magazine for September,