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plants are well established cultivate out the original rows 

 and make them the centers. 



Fall-Fruiting Strawberries 



There are now several varieties of fall-fruiting or ever- 

 bearing strawberries that are decidedly worth cultivating, so 

 there should be a small patch of them in your garden. 

 Plants set out this spring it is not too late to set them now 

 if you get at the job immediately will bear this fall. They 

 should be given ordinary methods of culture and any flower 

 stalks that form up to the middle of July or first of August 

 should be pinched out. Besides this fall's crop the plants 

 will bear again next spring, and then fruit again in the fall, 

 although of course to get the largest fall crop the plants 

 should not be allowed to exhaust themselves by fruiting too 

 heavily in the early summer. Progressive and Superb are 

 the best varieties so far developed. 



The only disease likely to cause trouble with strawberries 

 is rust or blight. It occurs first as spots on the leaves, which 

 turn a reddish or brownish color and finally die. When there 

 is reason to fear it spray four or five times during the first 

 season with Bordeaux mixture; spray early in the spring of 

 the second season just before the blossoms open, and again 

 just after blossoming. Be careful to set out only clean, 

 healthy plants. 



Rhubarb and Sea Kale 



The rhubarb patch should be cared for in much the same 

 way as the asparagus bed. It will not pay to fertilize so 

 heavily, but the few plants in the home garden are not likely 

 to be harmed much. Early in spring work a dressing of 

 manure into the patch and give it a generous dressing of 

 nitrate of soda. The value of the manure comes largely in 

 forming a moisture-saving mulch that will last until one is 

 through pulling the stalks. The dressing of soda should be 

 repeated two or three times to help produce stalks of the 



