THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1906 



furrow from each side of the row into the 

 center, narrowing down the row to about 

 six inches. After this is done level the 

 soil back into its place and throw enough 

 soil over the crowns to cover them about 

 one-half inch. The plants then will 

 come up through this fresh soil and will 

 make a new system of roots just below 

 the ground and above the old roots. 



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A. B., Soquel, Calif. — 1. I have a fine bed of 

 strawberry plants; all the bloom was picked 

 off in the spring, but I notice some of them 

 blossomed again in the fall. Would you pick 

 these blossoms off? 2. Should I mow the 

 foliage off my plants after they have fruited 

 the first year? 3. When topping them with 

 the scythe is there any danger of cutting 

 them too close? 



1. You have followed correct prin- 

 ciples by removing the first bloom, but 

 do not take off the bloom that opens in 

 the fall, as the plants have become well 

 established in the soil, and are able to 

 produce a fall crop of berries — some- 

 thing quite frequent in California. 



2. You should top your plants just as 

 soon as the first crop of berries is har- 

 vested, and immediately they are dry 

 burn over the patch. This should be 

 done a few days after the mowing. If 

 put off too long, the plants will have 

 made a new growth and there will be 

 danger of the fire injuring them. 



3. There is no danger of the scytne 

 cutting too closely, as the crowns are 

 protected by the surface soil, into which 

 you would have to cu> to injure the 

 plants. 



G. E. B., Everett, Mass. — 1. What is meant 

 by bisexuals? 2. Are male and female 

 plants separate? 



1. Bisexual means two sexes or both 

 sexes; that is, the flower of a bisexual 

 contains both male and female organs, 

 and thus has power to procreate or to 

 of fruit itself. 



2. Male and female plants are sepa- 

 rated in some varieties. This is true of 

 all pistillate varieties, which possess only 

 the female organs, and depend upon the 

 male element in the bisexual plant for its 

 pollen or fertility. 



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J. M. H., Lenore, Idaho. — What varieties 

 would you advise setting out to grow berries 

 for market? 



In growing berries for market, a some- 

 what different selection should be made 

 from that employed in the case of the 

 family garden. What is needed is gen- 

 erally a highly colored berry, one that is 

 productive and a good shipper. There 

 are so many good varieties that fill the 

 bill, it is rather difficult to name the best, 

 but in your locality you could not make 



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