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N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. [Bulletin 137 



operation. Cultivation ought, therefore, to begin soon after 

 the plants are set and be repeated as often as necessary until late 

 fall. The horse cultivator should be run close to the row until 

 runners begin to set, when it will be necessary to narrow in the 

 cultivated space at each working until about 18 to 20 inches are 

 left as a walk. This space should be kept clean by cutting off 

 encroaching runners with the hoe or by the use of a runner cut- 

 tor, Avhieh may be attached to the horse cultivator. In cultivating 

 and hoeing the land should be kept as nearly level as possible. 



Training the Runners. 



The most common error made by the beginner in strawbeny 

 growing is that of securing an ''over-stand" of plants. Be- 



]''i(j. ./. — .1 (li'>^ir<ilili xIiiihI iif plants (! iticlicx (tpart. 



lieving that the amount of fruit from a certain area will be in 

 proportion to the number of plants and blossoms thereon, plants 

 are frequently set close when starting the bod and the late run- 

 ners brushed along the row by the cultivator instead of being 



