CHAPTER XII 

 Strawberries for the Home 



The home grower of strawberries has the 

 greatest opportunity in the world for pro- 

 ducing the largest size berries, the highest 

 quality of fruit, and the greatest quantity 

 per square foot, as each inch of the neces- 

 sarily small patch can be, and should be, un- 

 der his control. 



The home grower will find even in the 

 small patch of soil that could be devoted 

 to strawberry raising some spots that re- 

 spond more willingly to very successful 

 production of this luscious fruit. Therefore, 

 he can in a limited way have some choice of 

 site for the bed. Many times it is possible 

 to make a very fine bed out of an unfavour- 

 able location, particularly so if artificial 

 methods of irrigation, drainage, supplying 

 humus, and other accessories are installed. 



Generally speaking, the proposed bed can 

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