50 Strawberry-Growing 



set in rows four feet apart and the plants spaced two feet 

 apart in the row. A hill of corn is planted in each inter- 

 val in the row. Unless the season is very dry, the corn 

 does not injure the strawberry plants materially. The 

 stalks are cut as soon as the ears are pulled. 



In the Norfolk district, early maturing and small- 

 headed varieties of cabbage, of the Wakefield or Early 

 Sunrise type, are set in late fall or early winter in rows 

 two and one-half feet apart. The following spring, 

 strawberries are interspersed, as shown below: 



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The cabbages are cut about the last of May and the 

 entire area given to strawberries; or snap beans may 

 be planted. Cabbages are less desirable than potatoes, 

 because they shade the strawberry plants. Break down 

 the outer leaves of the cabbage plants that are next to 

 strawberry plants. 



Tomatoes are valued as a companion crop, especially 

 in Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. The runners 

 set freely underneath the tomato vines and are not 

 smothered, as may be the case with cabbages. The 

 spraying that is given tomatoes is beneficial to the straw- 

 berries, also. Strawberries are set in early spring, in 

 rows four to five feet apart, the plants two feet apart 

 in the row. In June a tomato plant is set in the center of 

 each square, thus : 



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