5/ Strawberry Culture 



the young plants may become self-supporting as soon as possi- 

 ble. The surface of the ground must be stirred frequently to 

 prevent a crust from forming. If the earlier runners are potted 

 and planted in a new bed, so that each one may have plenty of 

 room, a large area may be covered in a season. 



Another good method is simply to set the plants six or eight 

 feet apart each way, giving good culture and using plenty of 

 liquid manure among the young runners all through the season. 

 One who has never used liquid manure has but a faint idea of 

 what may be accomplished by it. It need not be strong, indeed 

 it is usually better not to be. Even a teaspoon ful of saltpeter 

 dissolved in a pail of water will show its effects on plants within, 

 twenty -four hours. 



Growing Plants 



Growing strawberries is one business; growing plants is an-- 

 other. In the former, surplus plants are a by-product, while in. 

 the latter it is the fruit that is the by-product. The best place- 

 to get plants for a start is from a plant grower; the worst place 

 is from a neighbor's old bed. Other things being equal, it is. 

 best to get them from the plant grower nearest home. It is. 

 generally better to get them from one who makes a specialty of 

 growing small fruit plants than from a general nursery, especi-- 

 ally if in the latter case they are to be sent with trees. I believe: 

 it pays much better to have plants sent by express than by freight, 

 even if the charges are high. It must be remembered that im 

 the growing season a plant out of ground is like a fish out of 

 water, every hour brings it nearer death. 



When one is growing only a few strawberries, I believe it is? 

 better to buy plants each year than to grow them. Where one: 



