THE STRAWBERRY NOVEMBER 1906 



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Concerning the Forcing of Straw- 

 berry Plants in Pots 



By Professor S. W. Fletcher 



^^HAT would be the best way to get a few 

 " strawberry plants to fruit tile last of next 

 September in pots.' Yours truly, 



Tylervillc, Conn. £• E. S. 



1DO not know of any attempt to force 

 strawberries in pots so that they will 

 fruit in September, and doubt very 

 much if this can be done expediently. 

 They can, howe\er, be brought into fruit 

 any time after the middle of November or 

 the first of December. A fall crop of 

 many varieties can be secured, however, 

 by cuttino; ofF the blossoms in the spring. 

 Briefly, the essential points are as follows: 

 In July take the first runners from the 

 young plants, set in the spring of that 

 year, and layer them into three-inch pots 



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which are sunk into the soil beside the 

 plant. When the runner has filled this 

 pot with roots, sever it from the mother 

 plant and pot it into a five or six-inch pot 

 in good soil which contains much fibrous 

 material. That secured by the rotting of 

 turf is good for this purpose. A sprink- 

 ling of lime and of rotted manure should 

 be added. The plants in pots should now 

 be placed in cloth frames with four or five 

 inches of cinders beneath them and packed 

 around them. This keeps them cool and 

 prevents worms from entering them. 

 Water them copiously, shade them if nec- 

 essary, keep the runners picked ofi^, spray 

 with Bordeaux mixture for the "leaf spot 

 and encourage in every way the growth 

 of large forcing crowns. Put a sash on 

 the frame to ward off the early frosts and 

 keep the plants growing until the first of 

 November. By that time they should 

 have so completely filled the pots with 

 roots that when a plant is turned out of 

 the pot, no soil can be seen, simply a mat 

 of roots. Now allow the plants to harden 

 ofF gradually by leaving them exposed to 

 cold weather. They may be mulched 

 lightly with leaves or straw. 



By the first of December, or any time 

 later, the plants may be brought into heat. 

 Strip them of diseased leaxes, spray them 

 with Bordeaux and place them in a tem- 

 perature of from 40 to 50 degrees if pos- 

 sible, but a warmer temperature will do. 

 The idea is to raise the heat gradually to 

 simulate the gradual approach of summer. 

 Syringe the plants frequently with water 

 to keep off red spiders. The blossoms 

 will need to be brushed over every sunny 

 day to distribute the pollen. After the 

 fruit is set, water the plants twice a week 

 with weak liquid manure. If possible, 

 raise the temperature as the fruit becomes 

 riper. Support the fruit from the wet 

 soil in the pot by strips of wire netting or 

 by sticks under the fruit stalks. Potted 

 plants forced in this way should yield 

 more per square foot of area occupied 

 than plants in the field. A limited quan- 

 tity of fruit will sell in large cities for 

 $1.50 to $2.50 per quart during the holi- 

 days, at Easter and other times during the 

 winter. The plants are worth from 50 to 

 75 cents to use for table decoration, but 

 of course the market must first be secured 

 and only cities of considerable size furnish 

 such a market. Ihe best varieties for 

 forcing in pots are Brandywine, Cjlen 

 Mary and Marshall, Brandywine being 

 the best. 



A few plants can be forced in the win- 

 dows of dwelling houses with considerable 

 success. We have over 3,000 plants at 

 the college which will be forced this win- 

 ter in pots, in greenhouses, benches, in 

 cold frames, in pits and in the field. 



Agricultural College, Mich. 



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Federal Meat Inspection Law 



On or after October 1st, 1906, all parties 

 ibutchers, dealers or farmers' are prohibited, by 

 the provisions of the law referred to above, from 

 any interstate shipment of any carcass, or part 

 of carcass, or meat product, of cattle i including 

 calves, sheep, swine or goats,' unless and until 

 a certificate is made and furnished by (he ship- 

 per in one of the forms prescribed by the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, as provided below, viz: 



When shipped by retail butchers and dealers, 

 whose products have been e.xempted from in- 

 spection, certificates prescribed by Regulation 

 No. 55 will be required. 



When shipped by farmers, whose products are 

 exempt from inspection, certificates as prescribed 

 by Regulation No. 56 will be required. 



It required thai the certificate be made in 

 duplicate. The original certificate will in all 

 eases be retained on file in the office of the trans- 

 portation company and the duplicate must be 

 forwarded to the superintendeni of the division 

 who will transmit it without delay lo the Chief 

 of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, 

 D. C. 



These forms will be furnished by mail in pads 

 as follows: 



One .Pad of 24 

 One Pad of 50 

 One Pad of 100 



$ .20 

 .30 

 .40 



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 us with a smile. — (Jerald Massey. 



