PROPAGATION, BREEDING III 



For the practical farmer, suburbanite, 

 or grower, who has no thought or time for 

 the first process of propagation, the second 

 is the only feasible one to consider. 



This method consists of setting the plants 

 in well enriched and prepared soil and 

 giving the runners the best possible oppor- 

 tunity to grow and produce plants at the 

 joints. If the soil is particularly fine (some- 

 times a top dressing of well-decomposed 

 manure is advantageously applied) around 

 the plant so that the roots from these 

 new formed plants can obtain a foothold 

 quickly, the resultant growth is more satis- 

 factory. 



It is generally considered that the first 

 plant which is produced on each runner is 

 the best, and this is true in one sense — that 

 is, that being first it has a longer time to 

 develop and, therefore, is larger in the fall of 

 the year. Nevertheless, the second or third 

 plant produced is just as good as the first, 

 as far as its ability to produce fruit, etc., 

 is concerned. 



It has sometimes been noticed that, owing 

 to better soil conditions around the second 

 or third plant produced on a runner, these 



