1920 



ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Fig. n. Double lledse Uow. 



place so as to encourage root growth. All the Northwest. Less labor is involved 

 other runners are clipped off. The rows and the quantity of the fruit greater. 

 should be two or three feet apart and the It Is a system that Is becoming quite 

 plants from 20 to 30 inches apart. popular in sections where berries are 

 The Doublc-Uedge Row. By this sys- grown for the cannery. All runners are 

 tern the mother plant is allowed to de- allowed to develop. The cultivator is run 

 velop four to six runners. On four sides in only one direction, and this enables 

 of the plant one runner each is allowed the grower to narrow the rows as he 

 to set a plant. The following illustration sees fit. The proper distance apart is 

 shows this system very nicely. Super- from three to three and one-half feet be- 

 fluous runners should be removed. Many tween the rows, and from 20 to 30 inches 

 growers prefer this system, as the plants between plants. The following illustra- 

 are distributed more uniformly over the tion shows the matted row system. 

 ground. This eliminates crowding and p,„„^^ Required per Acre. The fol- 

 permits plenty of sunlight and air, thus j^^j^g 4^,^,3 ^jn ^j^ ^^^ grower in de- 

 Insuring a large crop of large, well-form- termining the number of plants required 

 ed berries. The rows should be about ^^ ggj pg^ ^cre- 



three feet apart and the plants thirty 



, , . ^, ' PLANTS PER ACRE. 



Inches in the row. Distancf. No. Plants 



m.. .T ,.. , r. n^v. *. . I'f! foot 4.S.560 



The Matted Row. The matted row i x2 foet 21,780 



system also has its advocates throughout If/xl*!/' feet ^t'^tt 



Fife'. lO- Matted Row. 



