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SMALL FRUITS 



and burned or put in a compost for use in other fields. This 

 destroys the leaf spot disease and various forms of insect life. 

 The hill-row system is very similar to the hedge-row system, 



FIG. 237. The matted-rows of strawberries may be held from covering the entire 

 ground by pruning off the side runners or by the frequent use of the cultivator. (New Jersey 

 Station.) 



except that no runners are allowed to set in the rows after the 

 plants are set. Each hill becomes a very large clump of stems and 



FIG. 238. Students studying the methods of growing strawberries. 



leaves, producing the vines and fruit and bearing heavily. This 

 method requires more labor because of the difficulty of cutting 

 off the runners from all sides of each plant. 



The matted-row system (Fig. 237) is the oldest and in some 



