CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



Soils 



Locations, Sites 



Locations .... 



Strawberry districts 



Type of market . 



Type of farming and labor 

 Sites .... 



Air drainage 



Water drainage 



Exposure 



Advantages of flat land 



Protection from wind . 

 Soils 



The "ideal" strawberry soil 



Soil preferences in different regions 

 Atlantic coastal plain 

 Florida and the Gulf states 

 Pacific states 

 Qualities of good strawberry land . 



Texture and water-holding power 



Fertility .... 



Drainage .... 



PAGES 



1-17 



1-6 



2-3 



3-4 



5-6 



6-10 



7 



7-8 



8-9 



a-9 



9-10 



10-12 



10 



11-12 



11 



11-12 



12 



12-17 



13-14 



15-16 



16-17 



CHAPTER II 



Planting . . 



Preparation of the land 

 Plowing 



18-43 

 18-20 

 18-19 



