6 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



destroys great numbers yearly by breaking 

 the roots of the plant and leaving the plants 

 and some roots exposed to the sun. Owing 

 to the warmth of this location blossoms start 

 early and are sometimes killed by late frosts. 



If there remains only a level place for the 

 bed, and it is not well drained, this may be 

 overcome by installing some proper drainage 

 system, such as a stone or tile drain. The 

 proper way of putting in a drainage system 

 is given in some of the books on soils or 

 on the physics of agriculture, and will not 

 be discussed here. 



If this level place be situated lower than 

 the surrounding land, it is not advisable to 

 use it, owing to its being a settling ground 

 for heavy cold air, which means greater 

 liability to frosts. In fact, low lands are 

 the least desirable of all for a strawberry bed. 



As a general rule we find that strawberries, 

 as a whole, are cosmopolitan as to the kind 

 of soil, whether it be clay, sand, or gravel. 

 We can find many varieties, such as Senator 

 Dunlap, Sample, and Bubach, that will pro- 

 duce good crops of fruit anywhere, and so 

 are considered by many as not limited as to 

 kind of soil, owing to their great success 



