250 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The crops grown in tliis way are of good quality, althongh 

 not so large as they would be with the rows nearer together, and 

 with the objection of a very wide space to mulch. 



4th. Single rows two feet apart, plants twelve to fifteen inches 

 apart in the rows, according to the strength of the variety, run- 

 ners to be kept off, and the whole work to be done by hand 

 culture. Under this method and high manuring very fine crops 

 of large fruit are produced and the plants will bear from two 

 to four crops without renewing — depending somewhat upon the 

 variety grown. The objection to this plan would be the neces- 

 sity of using only hand labor. 



5th. Planting in the spring in rows four feet apart, and twelve 

 to fourteen inches distant in the row, according to vigor of the 

 variety. The weeds are to be kept down between the rows with 

 a horse and cultivator until the runners start, which will be 

 early in July. The spaces between the rows are then to be levelled 

 with a rake, and two runners from each plant, one on each side, 

 are to be laid in, directly at right angles with the row and about 

 one foot distant from the original plant, and all other runners 

 are to be kept cut ofi' both from the old and the new plants. 

 When the new plants have become rooted the strings by which 

 they are attached to the old plants are to be cut. You then have 

 a bed with three rows in it one foot apart, a space between ihe 

 beds of two feet. The overhang of the leaves will reduce that 

 space to about one foot, which will be the path for the pickers. 

 This perhaps will be better understood by reference to the follow- 

 ing diagram : — 



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