SQ Strawberry Culture 



process is repeated at intervals, and by the end of the season 

 there is a cushion of this leached manure two inches deep, ex- 

 tending from the plant perhaps a foot into the space. As a result 

 no freezing can reach the the roots until winter weather comes. 

 About the first of December the whole surface, plants and all, 

 is carefully covered with fine hay or lawn clippings. And this 

 is held in place by strips from the planing mill. Barly in spring, 

 as soon as growth commences, the covering is removed, and the 

 spaces up to within about six inches of the rows are spaded to a 

 a good depth. After repeated trials he has found this to be the 

 best plan on his soil. All weeds are kept down by shallow hoe- 

 ing until fruit commences to color, when the whole surface is 

 mulched. 



Mr. Goldsborough raises his plants from cuttings early in the 

 summer, and transplants them into very hard ground with only 

 a few inches of mellow soil on top. He has had great success 

 with the foreign varieties. He has had Laxton's Commander to 

 weigh four ounces. A piece of ground that had been used as a 

 cattle yard for years and was very rich and as hard as it could 

 be, was covered about four inches with woods earth, and the 

 cutting plants set into it. They received good culture, and were 

 fine plants at the end of the season. With having all the run- 

 ners cut, each plant developed a number of crowns. Very early 

 in the spring, a part of these crowns were cut off with a sharp 

 knife. This gave the remaining ones an extra chance. From 

 the time the plants came into bloom until the fruit was ripe, they 

 had every attention. Liquid manure was given, and all but one 

 or two berries were removed from each stem. With his method 

 he has never succeeded in raising our American varieties of as 

 large size as the foreign ones. 



