And the War-time discovery of July as a seed-sowing montk--.2specially
now quick-maturing sorts have been especially produced by the great seedsmen for this purpose— has been capped by the research workers at some of our horti- cultural and agricultural colleges. They have as good as proved of late that a whole year may be gained by planting in July instead of a month or two later. I have seen some experiments to this end in regard to strawberries. Runners planted carefully in July made big bearing plants by the following June. Some of them were perhaps twice as big and full of fruit as those planted even a comparatively few weeks later. A further advantage of such planting is that you are forced to take the first or leading runner, and these by common consent (though one great man of science denied it) give the most prolific roots. * * * *
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