WINTER FORCING IO5 



1. Firmer and larger crowns will be de- 

 veloped. 



2. The pot will not be broken when the 

 freezing weather comes. 



In the first case, this drying off represents 

 the dry fall season and causes the plant to 

 store up material in the crowns for future 

 use. The plants are then in the right condi- 

 tion for the subsequent forcing. 



Freezing of the soil in the pot when there 

 is considerable moisture in it causes pressure 

 on the side of the pot and finally breaks it. 

 This, of course, is a needless expense and 

 should not occur. It seems best for the 

 future forcing that this freezing should take 

 place, although it is not necessary. This 

 freezing gives the plant the idea that the 

 rest period has actually come, and it often 

 results in better crops, both in quality and 

 size of berries. 



The potted plants are taken from this 

 frozen condition and placed in suitable stor- 

 age rooms where they may be taken out with 

 the least inconvenience. 



Generally speaking, from the time the 

 plants are brought into the greenhouse until 

 fruiting, there is a lapse of eight to ten weeks, 



