STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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STEAWBEREIES/^ 



[From Farm and Gardci}.} 



Tlie strawberry is more uniformly successful in all soils than 

 auy other fruit. It appears more at home, provided ma- 

 nure and moisture are present, than any plant we cultivate. 

 The strawberry will do very well in wet land, if it is cultivated 



FIGURE 1. — MATTED EOW AND HILL SYSTEM. 



in narrow beds with furrows deep enough to hold the standing 

 water. The crowns of the plant must be kept above standing 

 water, or the plant will drown out. With narrow bed culture, 

 wet lands will produce fine berries. Even shifting sands will, 

 with proper culture, yield rich returns of excellent fruit. The 

 best soil is one moderately moist (not wet) and friable enough to 

 allow the berries to root easily, for no plant loves a well culti- 

 vated and friable soil as much as the strawberry. A noted 

 strawberry grower says a soil that will produce good timothy 

 will produce good berries. So it undoubtedly will, and so will 

 lands too light in character to grow timothy or other grasses. 



PREPARATION OF SOIL. 



Much labor may be saved in cultivation by selecting land that 

 has been long in cultivation; land, where all seeds of red and 



* Through the courtesy of Col. J. H. Stevens of Farm, Stock and Home, we are permitted to 

 use the cuts for illustrations given. — Sec. 



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