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Show OBTAINING PROFIT FROIVI STRAWBERRIES Everbearing Variety Has to Compete Com-pete With Too Many Other Fruits Right for Home. Growing everbearing strawberries on a large scale for commercial purposes pur-poses is discouraged by F. S. Merrill, Mer-rill, instructor in horticulture in the Kansas state agricultural college. A few growers made large profits in 1915 from small fields of these berries because be-cause of the unusual amount of moisture mois-ture available. The cost of irrigation in ordinary seasons, however, is prohibitive. pro-hibitive. "Standard varieties of strawberries command good prices because they are the first fruit to make an appearance appear-ance on the market," says Mr. Merrill. Mer-rill. "They do not have to compete with other fruits. The opposite is true of the everbearing varieties, as they must compete with a large number num-ber of other fruits. This condition,-coupled condition,-coupled with the high price the grower must receive for the fruit, limits the demand to a minimum. The value of these everbearing valeties for home use should not he discouraged, however, as they bear fruit the same year they are planted. This counterbalances counter-balances the extra labor involved In their care." |