THE STRAWBERRY SEPTEMBER 1906 



done on plants after the crop of berries 

 has been harvested. 



3. It is always best to cut the ends 

 of the roots off of all plants before setting 

 them out. Wherever the cut is made 

 there a callous will form and from this 

 callous numerous feeding roots will be 

 sent out, thus making a much stronger 

 root system. The soil should be pressed 

 very firmly around the roots of the plant 

 after it has been set out. By doing this 

 you not only prevent air from coming in 

 direct contact with the roots, but you also 

 put the roots in close contact with the 

 soil, so that the feeders can take hold 

 quickly. 



E. O., Delaware, Ohio. We have had a very 

 wet season, and plants are badly affected with 

 leaf-curl. Have sprayed the plants with 

 Bordeaux mixture, and wish to know if a 

 second spraying is necessary; if so how soon; 

 and how often should plants be sprayed? 



2. Does it make any difference what time of 

 day the spraying is done? 



3. If it should rain within twenty-four hours 

 after the plants have been sprayed, should the 

 work be repeated? 



4. Will it be beneficial to cut away the 

 affected leaves of the plants? 



.S. Is it necessary to hoe under the heavy 

 foliage of the plants? 



Leaf curl requires more Paris green 

 in the Bordeaux mixture than commonly 

 is used. To the fifty gallons of Bordeaux 

 add ten ounces of Paris green, rather than 

 the customary six or eight ounces. The 

 second spraying should be within a week 

 or ten days, depending upon the condi- 

 tion of the plants and the effect of the 

 former spraying. 



2. Do not spray while the dew is on 

 the vines in the morning. Any other 

 time will serve equally as well. 



3. Rain will cause some loss of ma- 

 terial. If it be very heavy the plants 

 should be sprayed again within four or 

 five days. 



4. Yes, it will be well to cut away 

 the infected leaves. 



5). Hoe under the foliage only when 

 surface crust forms. Never permit a 

 crusted surface in the strawberry field. 



H. F. C, Manchester, N. H. We have a 

 small piece of land that grew heavy grass and 

 clover this year that we want to set out to 

 strawberries next spring. When we got 

 through haying we put seven pigs on the land, 

 and they are rooting it up in great shape. 

 Now we want to know the best way to treat 

 it to set the plants out next May. 



The first thing to do with the land is 

 to break it up, seeing to it that the sod is 

 completely turned under. Then sow rye 

 at the rate of five pecks to the acre, which 

 will grow into a fine cover crop. During 

 the winter cover the plot with a liberal 



dressing of barnyard manure and, as early 

 as the soil is in condition next spring, 

 plow this under and harrow until the soil 

 is thoroughly fined. This should make 

 an ideal strawberry bed. Pigs are excel- 

 lent soil restorers in more ways than one. 



C. T. W. , LaFayette, Ind. Please advise 

 through The Strawberry how much straw is 

 required per acre for winter mulching of 

 strawberries? 



2. How and when do you start a propagat- 

 ing bed? 



Two and a half tons of good straw 

 will cover an acre very nicely. 



2. A propagating bed is started in the 

 same way and at the same time as a fruit- 

 ing bed. It is in the manner of runner- 

 making and treatment of the plants that 

 methods differ. 



B. B. F., Concord, Mass. I have a bed of 

 strawberries which I want to plow up and 

 plant to strawberries again for home use. I 

 know it would be better not to use this for 

 strawberries again, but I must do so or have 

 none. I cannot get stable manure very well 

 and so must use fertilizer. I want to set out 

 plants in August; will you kindly advise me 

 what kind of fertilizer to use? 

 2. If asparagus, after being cut, would make 

 good mulch? 



While your plan is not an ideal one, 

 yet it may be successful if you will first 

 burn the bed over. This will destroy all 

 insects and fungi. After the ground has 

 been broken, prepare it thoroughly and 

 sow to rye, sowing about five pecks to 

 the acre. This winter, after the ground 

 has been frozen, spread well decayed 

 manure lightly over the rye. In the 

 spring, replow this and work the manure 

 thoroughly into the soil before setting the 

 plants. If you cannot get the stable 

 manure, we would refer you to Bowker 

 Chemical Works, Boston, who prepare a 

 special brand of commercial fertilizers for 

 strawberries. 



2. We never have used asparagus tops 

 for mulching, and doubt very much if it 



would be of much value on account of 

 its lightness. However, if it was spread 

 quite thickly over the plants and well 

 tramped down so the wind would not 

 blow it off, it would serve your purpose. 

 If you can get some kind of straw it 

 would be much better than the asparagus 

 tops. 



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H. K. S., Xenia, Ohio. I wish to set out 

 about an acre of plants next spring; the soil is 

 red clay, well drained. If it is manured now 

 and plowed and sowed to rye, will it need 

 another coat next spring? It is an old or- 

 chard, the trees having been cut down and 

 ground cultivated three or four years. 

 2. Will the bisexual plants bear as well 

 without the pistillates as with them? 



If you give your soil a very liberal 

 dressing of manure before plowing this 

 fall, it may not be necessary to put on 

 any manure next spring. You will be 

 the best judge of the condition of the soil. 

 If it has been in vegetables for the last 

 three or four years, and its fertility well 



^STRAWBERRY^ 

 LANDS 



The most profitable locations for raising 

 strawberries are in the South, where the 

 climate and soils produce large crops and 

 where the berry ripens early, so that it goes 

 to the markets of the country at the time 

 when the hiphest prices are obtained. The 

 various sections along the 



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Are especially suited for profitable berry 

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 Lands may be obtained at extremely low 

 prices. Good shipping facilities to all mar- 

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 Finest vegetable growing opportunities. 

 Write the nearest agent for information 

 about desirable locations, lands, etc. 



M. V. RICHARDS 



Land and Industrial Agent 



Washington, D. C. 



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622 Chemical Bldy., 225 Dearborn St. 



St. Louis, Mo. Chicago, 111. 



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