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though some varieties do well on heavy lands. Land 

 intended for strawberries should be previously grown in 

 some clean cultivated crop. Sometimes, especially in 

 the South, the plants are set out in late summer or early 

 fall. This gives plants strong enough to bear a heavy 

 crop the following spring, if the season be favorable. 

 In the North the plants are more usually set out in early 

 spring and 

 allowed to 

 grow through 

 the first sum- 

 mer. Any 

 fl owers that 

 come out are 

 pinched off 

 to keep the 

 plants from 

 being weak- 

 ened by fruit- 

 ing. Very 

 strong plants 

 are secured 

 in this way 

 which will 

 produce 

 heavy crops 

 one year from 



planting. It is not advisable to attempt to secure more 

 than two crops from the same planting because the plants 

 become so thick that they are weak and not so fruitful. 



526. Hills Versus Matted Rows. Where straw- 

 berries are planted in small areas in small gardens, it 

 is usual to set the plants about 12 to 20 inches apart in 



ig. 225. A strong fruitful strawberry plant grown by the 

 hill system. See colored elate. 



lill system. See colored plate. 



Courtesy Mr. Will B. Munson. 



