THE STRAWBERRY MAY 1906 



wind always blows the sand the worst 

 where it is rolled the smoothest. This is 

 because it has an unbroken sweep. We 

 have seen it blow for days so that the men 

 engaged in setting plants were invisible, 

 but the method suggested always has 

 proved effective in saving the plants. 

 Just try it. 



B. W. M., Durant, Miss. I sprayed my 

 strawberry bed about tv^'O weeks ago with 

 Bordeaux mixture, leaving out the Paris 

 green. The berries are blooming quite 

 abundantly and I want to spray again in five 

 or six days. Will the Bordeaux mixture be 

 the thing to use.' My plants are not troubled 

 with insects, but I wish to get rid of the 

 blight. 



Never spray your plants with anything 

 while they are in bloom. The best time 

 to spray the fruiting bed is just as soon as 

 growth starts in the spring; then repeat 

 this just before the buds open. Bordeaux 

 mixture is the best preventive to be had 

 for blight or fungous growths of any kind. 

 We regret that you are compelled to 

 grow berries on ridges. If they were 

 grown on the level, as we grow them in 

 the North, you could then follow our 

 plan of turning over the bed after the fruit 

 is picked. But the nature of your soil is 

 such that you must grow the fruit on 

 ridges in order to keep the water from ly- 

 ing on the plants, which makes it almost 

 impossible to mow off the plants and 

 burn over the field. 



R. B. C, Berlinville, Ohio. In preparing for 

 second crop, should one, after burning, plow 

 the furrows away from row or onto the row 

 from between the two rows? 2. After removing 

 mulch preparatory to digging plants, is there 

 any tool better than one's own hands for re- 

 moving old runners, leaves, etc.? 



1. Throw the furrow away from the 

 row. 



2. Nothing better than the hands ever 

 invented. A sharp knife will be found 

 helpful in cutting the runners. 



G. N. S.. Rochester, N. Y. Am going to 

 Florida to engage in the strawberry business, 

 and desire to set out two acres this year. 

 One acre on dark rich moist land — almost 

 muck. The other acre on high, sandy land. 

 Will you please arrange this two-acre experi- 

 ment for me by suggesting the best varieties 

 for each particular piece of land? 2. How 

 far apart would you place the rows, and how 

 far the plants in the row? 3. Shall I grow 

 them in single or double-hedgerow? 4. How 

 many plants will it take for each acre? Please 

 give me all the information you can so that 

 I may secure the best results. 



There is no reason why you should 

 not succeed in raising strawberries in 

 Florida. See article detailing the success 



of Joseph Bolt in this number. Your 

 low, mucky, moist soil should be 

 set to the latest varieties — such as Aroma, 

 Sample, Dornan, Parker Earle, and for 

 best results we should set them as follows: 

 Three rows of Aroma, three Sample, 

 three Dornan, three Parker Earle, and so 

 on until this acre is set. Make the rows 

 three feet and a half apart, and set the 

 plants twenty-four inches apart in the 

 row. We should grow Dornan and 

 Parker Earle in single-hedge rows and 



Aroma and Sample in double-hedge rows. 

 To set this acre will require about 6,500 

 plants. 



2. On your acre of high sandy land 

 we would suggest drought-resisting va- 

 rieties, such as Texas, Crescent, Tennes- 

 see Prolific and Klondike. We should 

 set these as follows: Three rows of Texas, 

 three Crescent, three Tennessee Prolific, 

 three Klondike, and soon in this order until 

 the acre is set. Make the rows three and 

 a half feet apart and the plants thirty 



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