30 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



astic advocates of fall planting, especially 

 among those who combine strawberry grow- 

 ing with the trucking business on expensive 

 lands near the large cities. 



In the Atlantic Coast States south of New 

 York, August and September planting is 

 most extensively practised, particularly upon 

 the more retentive soils. In the trucking 

 region on the islands about Charleston, S. C, 

 spring planting is practised, as it results in 

 a paying crop the following year, while 

 only a small crop can be harvested from fall- 

 set plants. On these quick soils, the plant 

 can be grown as an annual; and farther 

 south, in Georgia and Florida, the fall-set 

 plants will return a profitable crop the fol- 

 lowing spring. On the heavier soils of South 

 Carolina, however, fall planting, with the 

 paying crop one year from the following 

 spring, is the most profitable method. 



WATERING 



After the plants are properly set it is 

 often necessary to water them, particularly if 

 the soil is quite dry when the plants are set. 

 This may be done by using watering pots, 

 by the use of a spray machine, by irrigation 



