THE STRAWBERRY AUGUST 1906 



the Paris green, and spraying with this 

 solution. In combining the two we 

 have found that ten ounces may be used 

 without injury to the plant. 



IN order that our readers may be fully 

 advised, we repeat here the formula 

 for making the spraying materials to be 

 used in the work above outlined: Put 

 four pounds of blue 



Formula for ■ ■ i • i 



o , ,,. . vitriol into a coarsely 



Bordeaux mixture -^ 



woven sack ; suspend 

 this in a vessel containing twenty gallons 

 of water, arranging the sack so that the 

 bottom will set on the surface of the 

 water. This will allow the air to come 

 into coni;act with the vitriol, causing the 

 latter to dissolve in a very short time. 

 Then take four pounds of lump lime and 

 pour over this three or four gallons of hot 

 water, enough so that it will slake with- 

 out burning, constantly stirring while 

 slaking, which aids to prevent burning. 

 When slaked the lime will be quite de- 

 void of its granular quality. When the 

 lime is slaked add enough water to make 

 twenty gallons. Take one pound of lump 

 lime, sprinkling over it eight or ten ounces 

 of Paris green. Over this pour two gal- 

 lons of hot water, and stir to prevent 

 burning. Now we add the twenty gal- 

 lons of vitriol solution to the twenty gal- 

 lons of the lime solution, also the Paris 

 green and lime solution, and we have 

 the Bordeaux mixture and Paris green 

 combined in a total of forty-two gallons 

 of liquid. Note that we have advised 

 more Paris green than usually is given in 

 the regular spray calendars, but as the 

 Paris green here has been dissolved with 

 the lime, the acid has been neutralized, 

 and you may with safety use the quantity 

 named. Best results will be obtained by 

 allowing the lime and Paris green solu- 

 tion to become thoroughly cool before 

 adding to the blue vitriol solution. 



Fall Setting of Plants 



By Frank E. Beatty 



JUST now we are receiving so many 

 inquiries about the setting of straw- 

 berry plants in the fall of the year 

 that we are convinced an article on the 

 subject will be timely and suggestive. 

 We always have discouraged fall-setting 

 of strawberries because at that time the 

 plant is building up its fruit-bud system 

 and it should be left undisturbed until 

 this process of development is completed. 

 By the time this is accomplished it is 

 entirely too late to do the work. In fact, 

 the development of the fruit bud is carried 

 on in the plant until growth is checked 

 by the coming of frost. Consider for a 

 moment what it means to the plant to 

 disturb it at the time when it requires all 

 its energies to carry it through the strain 

 of development, and it will be seen how 

 detrimental to the plant's future power as 

 a fruit producer such disturbance must be. 



In the fall, too, the plant is green, full 

 of sap and immature, therefore lacking in 

 vitality. And as the plant must live for 

 many days after being taken up on the 

 vitality it contains, it is important that its 

 vitality at setting time should be at its 

 highest. Thus, a plant in the fall, before 

 it is perfectly developed, has not sufficient 

 stored-up vitality to overcome the shock 

 of transplanting and carry it through the 

 work of taking firm hold upon the soil of 

 its new home. 



Some years ago when I was engaged 

 in strawberry growing in Indiana, an 

 Illinois friend came to me to get several 

 thousand strawberry plants for fall-setting 

 and I advised him by all means to post- 

 pone the work until spring, fully explain- 

 ing to him why this was the better way. 

 His reply was that he wanted to get 

 started in business right away, and was 

 determined to have the plants. But I 

 showed him that fall-set plants would not 

 hasten the day of fruit-picking at all, and 

 said to him: "I would like to fill your 

 order, but if I do I'll get all the benefit 

 and you will not get your money's 

 worth." 



"I am willing to take all the chances," 

 replied the neighbor, and the upshot of it 

 was, I sold him the plants, and they were 

 beauties, too. I had no patent process 

 for putting vitality into plants more than 

 nature herself could do, and the result 

 was as I had outlined. A large percent- 

 age of the plants failed to take hold, the 

 neighbor became discouraged and quit 

 the business, and to this day doubtless 

 looks upon strawberry production as a 

 poor way to increase fortune. 



And the fall setting of plants is quite 

 unnecessary. Even from the South, 

 where for years it was believed that 

 spring-set plants would not live, we are 

 now receiving letters from members of 



our school speaking of the success of 

 their plants which were set in the spring. 

 One of these correspondents' letters ap- 

 pears in this issue of The Strawberry, and 

 he is an enthusiastic believer in the posi- 

 tion taken by this journal on the subject. 

 His own fields in Florida are a living 

 testimony to the value of spring-set plants 

 in that semi-tropical state. 



To be sure, ir the extreme South and 

 other localities where there is no winter 

 worthy the name, and where the plants 

 continue to grow throughout the twelve- 

 month, strawberries may be successfully 

 transplanted during the early winter 

 months. And in the North, circumstances 

 frequently arise where some fall-setting 

 is necessary. For instance, plants set in 

 the spring having missed in places, or 

 where insects have destroyed certain 

 plants — in such cases as these plants may 

 be taken up from a row to fill the vacan- 

 cies thus created. But even in this work, 

 great care must be taken to do the work 

 just after a rain, and while the soil is full 

 of moisture so that a considerable quan- 

 tity of soil may adhere to the roots when 

 removed, which, to a certain extent, will 

 prevent a check to the growth of the 

 plant. 



But to take a plant from its bed and 

 ship it a long distance during this period 

 of its existence would be very hazardous, 

 indeed, and we know it to be poor horti- 

 cultural practice to set plants in the fall — 

 a practice sure to bring disaster, sooner or 

 later, to those who follow it. 



Just a word to those v\'ho are in a rush 

 to get into the growing of berries: Em- 

 ploy the energy you purpose putting into 

 the fall-setting of plants in scattering 

 manure and getting the land in fine shape 

 for the reception of plants next spring. 

 This is the true and practical way to rush 

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