LSDIA^TA HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 601 



Mr. Feebles: I have the system of hedgerow altogether. They are 

 thirty-two inches apart, but we plant them and work both ways until 

 the first to the tenth of July, and then we let the runners alone. There 

 will be two or three runners between the old ones, and after that we 

 keep everything off. This makes a straight row and lets the sun in from 

 both sides. The reason I do it is that I raise as many berries as I would if 

 I should make my row one foot wide and put in a few more plants, but 

 I always pick my berries the second year, and then burn off. 



Mr. Swaim: How do you get the row for the second year? 



Mr. Feebles: I let the old plants grow. I have one bed there, I think 

 two, which I will pick, and they are a solid row from one end to the 

 other. 



Mr. Swaim: What distance apart do you put your rows'/ 



Mr. Feebles: I put my rows thirty-two inches apart. I plow in cross 

 furrows both ways. 



Prof. Latta: Mr. Grossman spoke of the influence of the method 

 of planting on the berries. 



Mr. Grossman: I mentioned this in regard to the hill system. 



Prof . Latta: Did you have the same experience? 



Mr. Feebles: I have not had any trouble in this line. I have often 

 had them to freeze out, but I guess this was because I didn't get them 

 mulched quick enough. 



Mr. Henry: Do you know what an acre will produce with that method 

 of planting? 



Mr. Feebles: I could hardly tell that, for I have used this method in 

 a small way, I suppose about three hundred bushels. I have not experi- 

 mented, so I can not give it exactly to the acre. 



Mr. Henry: Do you get better prices for the berries raised in this way 

 than for those raised in the row? 



Mr. Feebles: No, sir; I do not get a better price. I think it is less 

 work, however. Mr. Grossman thought it was not, but I can get more the 

 second year. I would cultivate the plants right close to picking time. 



Mr. DeVilbiss: JVould you do that? That is an important point. I 

 should like to know about when we should quit working the strawberries. 

 I have heard that we should not work them after the middle or last of 

 July, for you would drag the growth off of the runners. Have you had 

 any experience along that line? 



