SMALL FRUITS 



we are sure it will have the same kind of fruit. 

 If we planted seed we might get many different 

 kinds of berries, because the bees had carried pollen 

 from different varieties of strawberry flowers and 

 they have "crossed." Next spring the plants you 

 set out this August will make runners, then we call 

 the original plant a "Mother Plant." You will 

 have to be very careful of these runners or they 

 will root where you do not want them and there may 

 be many more runners than you need in your gar- 

 den. Place those you do want and fasten them with 

 a hairpin or put some earth on the stem to hold it in 

 place, then cut off the rest. The nicest way to ar- 

 range the runners is like the sketch, one Mother 

 plant and four runners. These will fill up the row 

 so you will have a solid line of strawberry plants. 

 This is called a "narrow and matted row." 



The large plants are Mother plants, the small 

 ones, runners. This drawing shows you how to 

 place the runners. 



In the spring push the hay cover away from the 

 crown of the plant and as the weather grows warmer 

 tuck this covering under the plant and arrange it so 



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