STRAWBERRY HAND-BOOK. 



and if the soil is not rich even 18 inches apart; if matted 

 rows are to be grown, the plants should be two feet apart 

 in the row. 



Stool Plants and Matted Rows. Stool plants is the 

 usual name for planting in hills. By this method the soil 

 may be worked 

 both ways with 

 horse hoes, and 

 thus save greatly 

 in the amount of 

 labor by hand. 

 About 12,750 

 plants are re- 

 quired per acre, 

 and all the run- 

 ners are clipped 

 as fast as they 

 appear. After 

 the first bearing 

 year some run- 

 ners are allowed 

 to set plants, for 

 transplanting or 



fruiting the fol- Strawberries planted by the hill, or stool, system. 



lowing year. The object is to save hand labor, and to 

 maintain a clean cultivation. 



Matted rows refers to setting the plants in wide rows, 

 and permitting runners to set between the plants in the 



