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Strawberry-Growing 



on the variety ; Crescent and Dunlap root readily ; Mar- 

 shall and Bubach do not. One man can bed 5000 to 

 10,000 tips a day. 



Distance between bedded plants. 



This is determined by the method of training, the va- 

 riety, the strength of the soil and the distance between 

 mother plants. Up to a certain point, yield as well as 

 quality is increased by wider spacing ; beyond this point 

 the yield decreases, although the individual berries 

 may be larger. The relation between the stand of 

 plants in a matted row and the yield to the acre is 

 shown in experiments reported by H. F. Hall, of New 

 Hampshire : ^ 



Yield as Affected by Distance between Plants 



The point of diminishing returns may be four inches under 

 one set of conditions and eight inches, or more, under 

 another. In this case it was about six inches. 



1 Bui. 137, N. H. Exp. Sta. (1908), p. 161. 



