THE STRAWBERRY APRIL 1906 



may set them in one, two or three rows 

 of each, as you choose. 



3 ^Ve prefer to let the runners start 

 the latter part of June. By this time the 

 mother plants should be in prime condi- 

 tion to send out strong, vigorous plants. 

 By doing this it gives the young plants 

 more time to build up crown systems, 

 thus increasing your prospects for a large 

 crop of berries. 



S. B. R. , Elliott, la. I have but one lot 60x120 

 feet, and on this is our home and out buildings. 

 We have a small patch of ground 13x30 feet 

 square, that we would like to set to berries. 

 It is the richest of black, sandy loam — the 

 best soil in Iowa. It is so rich in some things 

 at least, that tomatoes w ill do nothing but 

 vine — no fruit for two years. But such vines! 

 It is new ground two years from the sod. I 

 set it to strawberries last fall, just at the be- 

 ginning of the only dry spell we had last year, 

 and had to leave home for a few days, just 

 long enough to spoil all the plants — did not 

 save one. Now what I would like you to 

 tell me is the best kind of plants, and how 

 many I need to fill up this piece of ground, 

 and the best way to set them to get the best 

 results. We do not care for market berries, 

 but the best for the table of a preacher who 

 thinks he likes strawberries. 



As your soil is so excessively rich we 

 advise you to use no stable manure and 

 to set varieties that are heavy feeders — 

 those that make a light foliage and re- 

 quire strong soil — such varieties as Au- 

 gust Luther, Clyde, Splendid, Aroma 

 and Haverland. Most of these produce 

 rich, sweet berries, and they are all very 

 prolific; they will suit a preacher or any- 

 body else, no matter how fastidious he 

 may be. It will require about 100 plants 

 to set your little patch. Make the rows 

 only two feet apart and set plants every 

 fifteen or twenty inches in the row. 



S. A. B., Medina, N. Y. How much fertil- 

 izer per acre shall I apply on sandy loam land 

 that will, under proper conditions, raise 100 

 bushels of ears of corn, and about what should 

 it analyze? I can't get barnyard manure. 

 2. How far apart should the rows be on a 

 small plot to be worked by hand in hedge 

 rov\s to get best results? And how far when 

 horse cultivator is to be used? 



The best fertilizer for sandy loam is 

 decayed stable manure, applied at the 

 rate of about ten or twelve tons per acre. 

 As you cannot get stable manure, we 

 hardly believe it will be necessary for you 

 to apply any commercial fertilizers, as we 

 note by your letter that this piece of 

 ground produces about 100 bushels of 

 corn to the acre. This is evidence that 

 it also will produce a large yield of 

 berries. 



2. As you intend to work the berries 

 by hand you can make the rows two feet 



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apart and set the plants twelve to fifteen 

 inches apart in the row. If a horse culti- 

 vator is to be used, then the rows should 

 be three and one-half feet apart and the 

 plants set twenty-four inches apart in the 

 row. 



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C. S K., East Stroudsburg, I'a. I have 

 bought thirty acres of land and am going into 

 the strawberry and poultry business. This 

 land is sandy !o:un and at one time was used 

 for trucking, but has been run down for the 

 past eight years. What varieties should I 

 plant, and have you any other suggestions to 

 otfer.' 



You certainly are startini; out along 

 right lines. We know of no other enter- 

 prise that may bt- started on so little cap- 

 ital or that ofFers larger opportunities to 

 enterprise and intelligent effort than does 



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the combination of strawberries and 

 chickens. ^Vhen your strawberry busi- 

 ness is dull the poultry gives you a con- 

 tinuous income through the sale of eggs, 

 broilers and breeding stock, besides mak- 

 ing an abundance of the very best of fer- 

 tilizer for the strawberry beds. So many 

 of our friends are making a large success 

 of this combination that it gives us pleas- 

 ure to learn of others engaging in the 

 same work. Our hrst suggestion is, how- 

 ever, to set no more than one or two 

 acres in berries the first year. VVe should 

 set more largely of standard varieties, 

 such as Excelsior, August Luther, Ten- 

 nessee Prolific, Crescent, \Varfield, Par- 

 sons' Beauty, Senator Dunlap, Haver- 

 land, Aroma and Sample. Then we ad- 

 vise setting aside a small plot for experi- 

 mental purposes, where you may test a 

 number of the newer varieties. We 

 make this suggestion because we believe 



