pe: the
long season), William Belt (especially
good for the table), and Aroma. It
will be news, and good news, to
many people that it is now possible
to have high-class strawberries in the
fall, as well as in the spring; and
the home gardener will be especially
glad to learn that he can have a good
crop the same season in which he sets
out his plants. One of the vexatious
things about strawberry-growing always
lias been the fact that the first crop could
not be enjoyed until the second season.
The fall strawberry, which has been per
fected only after much experimenting,
makes the long-desired possible.
The history of the fall-bearing berry,
as a practical proposition, dates back not
more than twelve or thirteen years. In
Samuel Cooper, of Western New
York, found a plant of the old Bismarck
variety which, with its eleven runners,
was bearing a full crop of fruit in the
f all . He transferred it to the family gar
den, and by cultivation developed a var
iety that retained the characteristic
named above. It was named the "Pan
American," and all fall-bearing straw
berries of any value are descended from
this parent. Some of the seedings of the
Pan-American are the Aniericus, Francis,
Superb, Productive and Kockhills G, 9
and 16. All have their peculiar advan
tages, varying as much as do difterent
kinds of summer-bearing strawberries.
This plant should be set early in the
spring, in the usual way, placing it care
fully so that the bud is just above the
surface of the ground, and the roots well
spread out. If allowed to grow natural
ly, it would blossom from May until win
ter, and would bear a scattering crop of
fruit from June until the frosts come. In
order, however, to get a large and profit
able crop at any given time, it is neces
sary to remove the blossoms up to within
three weeks of the date selected. It is
best to remove the blossoms up to Aug
ust 1 ; the result will be a large crop
from the last week in August until the
ground freezes.
Unlike other strawberries, this variety
bears its best crop the same year that the
plants are set out. It is very hardy;
frosts have no effect on the fruit, but
tend to help matters by killing the later
blossoms. The size, color and flavor of
the fruit is largely determined by the
weather. If it is warm and sunshiny, an
excellent product will be the result. Too
much rain is far from being desirable,
though it is well to keep the garden wat
ered on hot days. The same conditions
that make a good crop of strawberries in
June are necessarv for a fall crop.
A farmer in Western New York set
out five hundred plants about May 1,
1910. They were carefully tended, and
the blossoms picked off until August 1.
They were covered with blossoms and
green berries by August 15. and on Aug
ust 23 four quarts of ripe berries were
gathered for exhibition purposes. Dur
ing the week from September 11 to 17,
one hundred quarts were picked and
placed on the market. The largest single
picking was on September 28, when forty
eight quarts were gathered; and the last
few berries were picked on November 11.
The total yield was four hundred quarts,
from five hundred plants and their run
ners ; and was at the rate of about ten
thousand quarts to the acre. These fig
ures will give the would-be cultivator an
idea of the possibilities of this new and
remarkable industry.
By allowing the fruit to set at differ
ent periods, a few days apart, it is possi
ble to have a very long season of straw
berry enjoyment in the fall, lasting even
until winter has commenced. The idea
that luscious strawberries can be had for
practically six months of the year is one
that makes a very strong appeal to all
who regard this as one of the best of
fruits and who does not?
OUTLOOK Bgygg; 9
PINEHURST
Two-Story Play Ilouse lor Girls
Two little girls begged their mother to
make them a ''sure-enough two-story"
playhouse that might stand in the corner
of her sewing-room. The indulgent
mother, after racking her brain for a
plan, suddenly conceived the following
one : In the barn she found an old empty
piano box. This she had swept and
washed very clean. The sides which
were to serve as walls and ceiling, to the
play-house were papered with some bits
of bright paper left from the front hall
of the home. The side of the box which
was to serve as a floor was carpeted.
Then the box was carried into mamma's
sewing-room and placed in one corner
near to a window, the one open side
fronting the middle of the room. Across
the open side was a half-drawn curtain
(see accompanying illustration), and in
side the box was furnished to represent
a play-parlor. A little table, two chairs,
a toy piano and a doll's sofa were there,
leaving plenty of room for the two little
housekeepers. On the top of the box a
bedroom was arranged. A rug covered
the top of the box, which was the bed
room floor. In one corner against the
wall stood a toy bed, beside it a little
dresser. Two chairs and a washstand
completed the bedroom furnishing. The
second floor was reached by stepping on
a stool, then on a chair, and from the
chair to the bedroom floor.
The ingenious mother who planned
this playhouse found it served two pur
poses admirably. First, it gave real joy
to her little daughters, who spent many
hours daily in it ; and second, it afforded
a place where they might keep their play
things together and in order. Before
having the play-house their toys and dolls
had been scattered about in one room
and another, never being kept in any
one place.
THE PLAY HOUSE COMPLETE
THE CAROLINA
Opens Next Season, DEC. 1, 1912! Pinehurst, N;C.
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The Carolina is a magnificent four-story building completed in 1900. The in
terior is a model of elegance, with appointments calculated to suit the most luxu
rious tastes. The hotel accommodates five hundred guests and is provided with
seventy-four suites with bath. The cuisine and table service are unsurpassed.
The house contains every modern comfort and convenience, including elevator,
telephone in every room, sun rooms, steam heat night and day, electric lights, and
water from the celebrated Pinehurst Springs, and a perfect sanitary system of sew
age and plumbing.
H. W. PRIEST, Manager.
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Berkshipe,
PINEHURST, N. C.
The Berkshire is a modern hotel, delightfully located with all conveniences for
health and comfort ; running water from the celebrated Pinehurst Springs, bath
rooms, steam heat, open fires, electric lights and sanitary plumbing. The guests
apartments are comfortable and home-like and the public rooms large and attractive
The cuisine and service is of a high standard. A billiard room and barber shop
have been recently added for the convenience of the guests.
F. C. ABBE, Manager.
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HOTEL WENTWORTH
The Leading New England Coast Summer Resort.
NEW CASTLE, PORTSMOUTH, N. H.
Every facility for sport and recreation : Golf, tennis, riding, driving yachting, fishing, still and
surf bathing and well equipped garage under competent supervision. Fine livery Music by
symrhony orchestra. Accommodates 500. Local and long distance telephone connection in every
room. Send today for a beautifully illustrated book.
Wentworth Hotel Co., H. W. Priest, Managing Director
Address Until May 1, The Carolina, Pinehurst, N. C.