PRACTICAL GARDENING 



veloping from it the next spring are removed 

 from the bed. This winter mulch should not 

 be added until the plant is fully ripened and 

 after the first two or three light frosts. Early 

 in the spring after the severe frosts have passed 

 remove the mulch and start in cultivating. If 

 the single hill system is used, scatter a spoon- 

 ful of nitrate of soda about each plant just 

 before a rain, but be careful not to have this 

 fertilizer come in contact with the foliage. It 

 is generally advisable to start a new bed every 

 three years but an old bed may be kept bearing 

 if properly fed and protected. 



The first year such crops as dwarf sweet 

 corn, radish, or spinach may be grown between 

 the rows. 



The ever bearing varieties are planted and 

 treated in the same way as the spring bearing 

 sorts with one exception, that the bloom is kept 

 picked off until about July 1. These ever 

 bearing sorts seem to be very handy, can stand 

 some drought and excessive heat, as well as 

 wet weather and severe frosts. 



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