QUESTION BOX. 121 



ing the season, or did you just try that this year, that culti- 

 vation? 



Mr. Davidson: 1 was more thorough this year; once in a 

 while in a year it gets away from me. 



A Member: Did they ripen even? 



Mr. Davidson : Fine, I followed Mr. Shaver's style. 



A Member: Has summer manuring of plants after the 

 crop had been harvested prevented a succeeding crop of 

 strawberries? 



Mr. Dayidson : I don't think it would affect it any ; in my 

 opinion it would not prevent a succeeding crop. 



Mr. Atkinson : I have tried both ways ; a part of the patch 

 was manured in the summer and a part was not manured, 

 and I wondered if other people had had that same experience? 

 We have gotten to be afraid to summer manure; we fouiad 

 twice at least a wonderful crop on that the next year. 



A Member : Why is it necessary to shade strawberries? 



Mr. Shaver: My experience in growing strawberries has 

 been that some years we have an excessive amount of rain, 

 and I can grow more strawberries to let even the weeds grow 

 up than to keep them clean the forepart of the season, until 

 after the picking. This is one of the reasons; if you have no? 

 ticed, the largest strawberries are generally found where it 

 is shaded. I have seen experiments where they have arti' 

 flcially shaded and increased the yield largely. As far as 

 citing authorities I do not give much preference; Green is 

 one as far north as Minnesota. I would have had a good 

 many failures unless I had shaded some. 



Mr. Harrison : You don't mean to say that the grapes keep 

 the wind off? 



Mr. Shaver : I plant my patch and I expect them to pro- 

 tect the strawberries from the south winds. The berries 

 grow larger, but are a little longer in ripening. 



A Member: If a strawberry plantation is right out on ^ 

 knoll do you think it needs shelter? 

 Mr. Shaver: Yes, sir. 



