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a delay of considerable time in attaining the results 
i commercial way, but comparatively little that would lead ne 
to think how easily and cheaply they can be grown for home us 
A large number of the farmers of this State have plante 
_ strawberries for their own use, but through the press of other ani 
to their minds more important work, they have been neglecter 
until overrun with weeds and then have been given up as a failure. 
Strawberries can be grown on the farm as easily and me a 
potatoes. } 
: than 100 bushels, while a small yield of strawberries is - 
quarts. As the price of good strawberries seldom goes below te | 
cents per quart, it can be readily seen that land planted to straw- 
an eighth acre patch to his neighbor for more than enough to pay 
for his plants and time taken in cultivating them the first year, 
besides being able to have this delicious fruit on the table for from 
three to four weeks in its natural state, and also eanned through 
the winter, when any fruit is a welcome diet. To one who con. 
templates setting a bed of strawberries the knowledge of the perfect 
flowering and pistillate varieties is necessary, for if the latter ar re 
alone planted the results will be a very meager crop or none at all. 
But the pistillate varieties being the most productive it is usual 
to plant largely of them, and by setting a perfect flowering variety 
every Age or fourth row they become fertilized Se baie 
4 fair yield may be iad from August set plants. on 
| The ground in which they are to be planted should be well at 
enriched and fitted as for potatoes. Rows should be marked three 
or three and one-half feet apart, the latter preferable. Plants 
should be set at least eighteen inches in therow. If the ground is. 
not ork horse aa cia is all that will be necessary through 
