STRAWBERRIES FOR THE HOME I5I 



then the bed requires good mulching in the 

 fall to keep the plants alive all winter. 



" If the white grub appears try the car- 

 bon bisulphide remedy. Just pour a table- 

 spoonful of the liquid on the crown of the 

 plant, letting it soak into the soil. 



" Probably your best plan will be the 

 hedge-row system, which is to cut all the 

 runners until about July ist, when bed one 

 or two of the strongest runners on each plant 

 in the rows so as not to interfere with run- 

 ning the cultivator one way. After this 

 try to keep all runners cut, and a dust mulch 

 around the plants and the weeds destroyed 

 when they first germinate. 



" It is very bad practice to dig plants 

 from the fruiting bed to make a new bed in 

 the spring. It is, however, a good thing to 

 make a little propagating bed quite late in 

 the spring, when the leaves are so large that 

 you can distinguish the different varieties, 

 using those which have proved most desirable. 

 One can bed all the strong, early runners at 

 one end of a row, placing them around the 

 mother plant like the spokes in a wheel and 

 holding them down by little stones or soil. 

 Keep the bed clean and late in the summer 



