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moss, cut the band that holds the bunch of twenty-five or fifty 

 plants together, make a furrow and spread the plants out in it. 

 Cover the roots with soil up to the crown. The air circulating- 

 soon dries the foliage, which prevents dis- 

 ease, and the plants retain their freshness 

 until their permanent home is ready. 



Fig. !)(). — A strawberry plant, showing a runner that iias developed 

 a new plant. — After Leubert. 



The distance of planting depends to a large extent on the 

 method of cultivation used. If the solid or matted row method 



Fig. 91. — Strawberry plants set at different depths in the soil. At the left is 

 shown a plant set too deep, which will be likely to smother and die; in the 

 center is one set at the proper depth and at the right is a plant set too 

 shallow, which will dry out. — U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture. 



is practiced and a horse cultivator is used between the rows they 

 should be from three to three and one-half feet apart. If the 

 hand cultivator is used the rows ma}^ be two feet apart. For 

 especially fine, large berries, the single plant in a place or hill, 

 all runners kept cut off, will be the best method of planting. The 



