lO MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



plants more feeding space, make it easier 

 for the roots to penetrate the soil, increase 

 the bacterial work of the soil, aid chemical 

 liberation, thereby causing more plant food 

 to become available, and many other helps 

 to larger and better crops. This then would 

 be the first step. 



The second would be to crop the land for 

 a year or more with a crop such as corn, 

 potatoes, or beans the first year, and if pos- 

 sible the same the second year, adding a 

 cover crop for each fall and winter, being 

 sure that at the beginning of the third spring 

 there will be a good cover crop of some 

 legume, like clover, to turn under, following 

 this by thorough preparation of the land 

 and planting to strawberries. This method 

 would have so changed the original condi- 

 tions of the soil that it would be reasonable 

 to expect a good crop of fruit. 



These principles herewith given are the 

 ideals as set forth for the most intensive 

 growing of strawberries, and they are the 

 methods in practice to-day by the majority 

 of the successful commercial strawberry 

 growers. 



If the land is in fairly good tilth, and has 



