THE STRAWBERRY NOVEMBER 1906 



palms of the hand, it is too wet for work- 

 ing, and will bake and become hard if 

 worked when in that condition; it also 

 will become flint-like and lifeless. 



2. We have experimented some In' 

 pulling rimners from our fruiting bed, and 

 while it makes some difference, there is 

 not sufficient increase to justify the ex- 

 pense. 



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P. S. , Clyde, Kan. I am in the habit of tear- 

 ing off the runners. Does that hurt them? 

 They did not do as well the second year as 

 they did the first; is that the cause? 



2. Is wheat as good as rye to sow where I 

 am going to plant a new bed? Rye is hard to 

 get in this country. 



3. I have some neighbors who are trying to 

 excel me in strawberries, and could you advise 

 me a good plant for the second river bottom? 



It is quite likely that you have pulled 

 all of the young runners ofT, leaving only 

 the old mother plants, which are pretty 

 well exhausted after producing their first 

 heavy crop. We think another reason 

 for your failure in getting a second crop 

 is the fact that you ha\e not properly 

 covered with soil the crowns of the plants 

 still remaining, and they have not had a 

 chance to build up a new root system, 

 which is made just above the old roots 

 and below the crown. 



2. Wheat would answer the purpose 

 for a covering crop just the same as rye, 

 but the reason we suggest rye is the fact 

 that it is more hardy than wheat and it is 

 not so expensive, but if you can not get 

 the rye, you need not hesitate to sow 

 wheat. 



3. The fact that your neighbors are 

 trying to beat you in the strawberry busi- 

 ness should only enthuse you to do better 

 yourself. If you will take Texas, Sen- 

 ator Dunlap; Dornan, Pride of Michigan, 

 Glen Mary and Mark Hanna, you will 

 keep the other fellows trying. 



H. M. W., Wate^^'liet, Mich. Worms ate my 

 strawberry leaves this spring and in some 

 places around here spoilt the crop. What 

 can be done to prevent them doing the same 

 thing next spring? Don't see any signs of 

 them now (September). They commenced 

 to eat when the berries were about half- 

 grown, and they ate everything but the 

 berries. 



The insect which has been eating your 

 plants during the fruiting season evidently 

 is the saw-fly. The saw-fly is a small 

 worm of a grayish color. It is generally 

 found on the underside or shady part of 

 the leaves. It eats the leaves full of 

 holes, which destroys the breathing and 

 digestive organs of the plants. At their 

 first appearance spray with Paris green; 

 in this way they are easily gotten rid of. 

 The first brood hatches in this latitude 

 about the 1st of May, and the second 



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 fond of raspberry bushes. You will not 

 be troubled any more with them this 

 season unless we have a very late fall. 



Mrs. O. J. McL. , Vallejo, Calif. My straw- 

 berry patch is only a very small one, being 

 about 40x40 feet. Strawberry growing is 

 only a pastime, but I would like so much for 

 it to bear well for me, if possible. I have 

 plenty of household work, but it is a hobby 

 of mine — working in the garden. The soil 

 is adobe. The plants have all run together 

 and it looks like a wild matted patch. I read 

 in The Strawberry for September of mowing 

 the tops off. I think I shall do that, and 

 then take out some of the plants and make the 

 bed more tmiform. I suppose four feet apart 

 is near enough for the plants. Shall I take 

 out the old plants and let the new ones remain 

 or vice versa.' 



2. The foliage of my plants is immense. It 

 is not because of too much fertilization. It 

 must be that I have set all pistillate varieties, 

 and they have no bisexual to furnish pollen at 

 blooming time. 



3. My ground is flat. Would you advise 

 me to hillock the plants, or is this necessary? 



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 woman who is enthusiastic on strawberry 

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 od of mowing the tops off of the plants 

 and narrowing down the row is correct, 

 provided the plants have fruited one crop; 

 but if these plants were set last spring, 

 it would be best not to mow them off. 

 They could be thinned out with a hoe. 

 This is done by cutting the hoe through 



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