176 ABC OF STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 



The large stais represent the original plants, and the small 

 ones the new plants at the end of the runners. This, you will 

 notice, makes a matted row, with the bearing plants just 9 

 inches apart each way. This is a little further apart than what 

 Terry directs ; but with the strong thrifty Enhance, the space 



FIG. 3. HOW TO PLACE THE RUNNERS. 



is not any too great. Each square contains nine bearing plants; 

 and each bearing plant should give a great cluster of immense 

 berries. If your plantation is made either in the spring or fall, 

 your first crop will be like cut Fig. 2 ; and it will be an easy 

 matter, with the horse-cultivator in the three-foot path, to keep 

 this matted row clean, for the plants stand like hills of corn, 

 except that the hills are only 9 inches apart, and you can work 

 them with a narrow hand cultivator, or you can use a hoe. 

 Then comes the question, How many crops shall we get from 

 this beautiful plantation before plowing it up? Mr. Young 

 thinks it pays to get two crops ; and he sometimes gets three. 

 If you work for a third crop, after the first crop is picked, 

 clean out your bed thoroughly, then let the runners set where 

 they choose. Just let the whole plantation grow up to a thick 

 mat of vines, leaving a 2 or a 2^ foot path for the pickers. 

 Through this path, of course, you keep the cultivator going. 

 After you have secured the crop from this solid matted row, 

 then turn strawberries, weeds, and every thing, all under, the 

 very day you do the last picking. That is, you ought to do it 

 the very day, if you are going to work up to the highest notch 

 of high-pressure gardening.* Now, friend Young goes to work 

 and plants strawberries again, because his whole ground is used 



* Please notice, in fall planting the routine would be something like 

 this : Use potted plants ; in fact, this is the way friend Young always does, 



summer you will get a full crop all large fine berries. Gather your fruit; 



