106 Strawberry-Growing 



practiced in the East on hill plants grown under high 

 culture. It was claimed that this gave larger berries and 

 that the fruit was sweeter, because it had more sun. 

 With the advent of the matted row, interest in summer 

 pruning declined. Leaf pruning is still practiced somewhat 

 in Florida in order to expose the fruit to the low winter 

 sun. Summer pruning of the strawberry is a special 

 practice ; in most cases all the leaves should be preserved. 



