THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1906 



partly bisexual, and its pollen does not 

 act as a perfect fertilizer upon its own 

 stigma. 



Gandy also is treated as a pistillate be- 

 cause its first bloom is almost entirely 

 barren of pollen. Handled in this way it 

 is a very valuable and prolific variety. 



And remember that the suggestions 

 above may be applied to other varieties. 

 That is to say, all pistillate varieties 

 should be treated just as those shown 

 above, the point being that the bisexual, 

 or the staminate, varieties set with them 

 must be of the proper season — on one side 

 of the pistillate a bisexual of a little earlier 

 season; on the other a bisexual of a some- 

 what later season than the pistillate. If 

 this be carefully noted, every reader may 

 completely understand the whole system 

 of mating varieties of strawberry plants so 

 as to insure largest results. 



Practical Strawberry Culture 

 By A. D. Stevens 



WE have been growing strawber- 

 ries for thirty years and have 

 made a careful study of the na- 

 ture of them. We can truthfully say 

 that no grower can afford to do without 

 a propagating bed for growing plants from 

 which to raise large crops of fine berries. 



The plants in the first place, should be 

 selected, and none but large, well-bal- 

 anced plants used, and then when they 

 begin to show bud all that do not bud 

 satisfactorily should be taken out, leaving 

 only the fruitful plants. 



The plants in the propagating bed 

 should be set farther apart than when in- 

 tended for fruiting purposes and then all 

 plants after September 1 should be kept 

 cut off so as to allow the ones that have 

 set to fully develop. 



Any plant grower who fails to follow 

 these plans or similar ones is not a safe 

 man to purchase plants from. His cheap 

 grown plants are grown at the purchas- 

 ers' expense. Of course, he can grow 

 plants and put them on the market at 

 very low prices, but they will not be 

 cheap to the buyer at any price. 



The first step in growing large crops is 

 the careful selection of plants. No mat- 

 ter what other plans are adopted, if this is 

 not done the crop must partly fail if it do 

 not completely fail. 



Bridgeton-, N. J., Feb. 7, 1906. 



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 dread insect pests are kept in check only 

 by intelligent use of the sprayer, and none 

 who would win success with fruit, but 

 must be well prepared to meet these en- 

 emies and vanquish them at the very first 

 struggle. There are many reliable out- 



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T^OES your manure lose nitrogen rap- 

 ^-^ idly.? It is a simple matter to arrest 

 it and you will improve the manure as 

 well if potash in some form is added, es- 

 pecially of the potash salt. Kanit has 

 been found useful for this purpose. It is 

 crude sulphate of potash and contains a 

 large portion of salt. It will arrest the 



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escape of ammonia and prove valuable of 

 itself when applied to the land. It is 

 also excellent on land infested with grubs, 

 though not a complete remedy for such 

 pests. It is cheap and of very great value. 



PHOSPHORUS in the soil is a won- 

 derful builder. It has staying quali- 

 ties. Unlike nitrogen, it is not volatile, 

 but gives off its plant food slowly, en- 

 riching the soil by degrees. One instance 

 is reported from Missouri where 600 

 pounds of ground bone was applied to 

 each acre of an orchard eight years ago, 

 and its influence upon crops is still man- 

 ifest. Ground bone is one way to get 

 the phosphorus back that is fed to the 

 livestock — the only way, in fact. An- 

 other way to get phosphorus in the soil is 

 to buy the raw rock phosphate now be- 

 ing produced so extensively and at so 

 reasonable cost in the great phosphate 

 mines of Tennessee and other Southern 

 states. It will pay you to investigate. 



