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// there are different grades of plants among 

 those to be set out, alternate the good with the 

 poor. 



Prune all runners the first season if you would 

 produce the finest fruit. 



Purchase both pistillate and staminate vines and 

 alternate in planting. This insures good fertiliza- 

 tion. 



Plants should be set out toward evening in moist 

 soil that they may have all night in which to re- 

 cuperate from transplanting before the sun's rays 

 fall on them. 



The roots of plants should be kept in a pail of 

 water until ready to put into the ground, when 

 they should be planted with the roots spread 

 out. Never crowd the roots. 



When the ground freezes the first time for the 

 season, mulch well. 



The spring strawberry bed should be culti- 

 vated regularly and often. Keep the soil loose and 

 mellow and let no weeds get a start. 



The hill system of cultivating strawberries differs 

 from the old system, in that no runners are allowed 

 to flourish. 



