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caused by one of those fungous forms that has 

 an alternation of generations, living first on 

 the currant or gooseberry and then on the 

 white pine. On the pine it causes what is called 

 the "white pine blister rust," a fatal disease 

 that threatens to become very wide-spread and 

 very destructive. Many states now have 

 regulatory laws relative to the planting of the 

 gooseberry and currant bushes and these 

 measures may become more drastic in the 

 future. Neither plant may be imported into 

 the United States from other countries. 



Strawberry culture differs from that of the 

 bush fruits in many technical points but the 

 fundamental principles of good soil and good 

 tillage apply to all of them. Probably no other 

 small fruit is so widely grown or so generally 

 liked as is the strawberry and for good reasons 

 for it has long been recognized as being the 

 "best berry that God ever created." The 

 plants are usually set in the spring as early as 

 possible, after it has been assured that the soil 

 is in good condition. It is usually unwise 

 to plant strawberries on sod land as it is more 

 often than not infested with white grubs. 

 These worms, the larva of various June beetles, 

 eat the roots of the new plants and may ruin 

 the plantation. 



The plants are set a foot apart in rows three 

 feet apart and are given thorough cultivation 



