at a depth where there is moisture and covered carefully. The method, though, is 

 very slow, and is not advised where conditions are at all favomble to growth. 



A planting machine, such as is used for cabbage and tobacco in some parts 



Planted too Shallow. 



Planted Proper Depth. 



Planted too Deeply 



of the Province, might be used where very large areas are planted, but so far, 

 to the knowledge of the writer, it has not proved entirely satisfactory. 



Cultivation. — Cultivation must be thorough and continuous. It should be 

 begun as soon as the plants are set and continued till early fall or later if weeds 



Strawberry PlantinK:. 



start. The coming crop of fruit depends on the vigorousness of the parent plants. 

 Early cultivation should lie quite deep, l)ut lessening as the season admnces, as 

 soil dries to the depth of cultivation, and runners do uot set well when too far 

 from moisture. They will scarcely root at all during a very dry time. Care must 

 be taken also not to allow the cultivator to injure the roots of the parent plants, 

 from too close deep cultivation: it is better when using unskilled labor to keep 



