THE STRAWBERRY DECEMBER 1906 



0N abundance of fruit of liighest 

 quality, finely colored and 

 flavored, is the direct result of 

 supplying a complete fertilizer con- 

 taining from 7 to 12 per cent, of 

 Potash to the tree, vine or bush. 



"Plant Food" is a book well worth 

 a place in the library of any fruit 

 grower. We will gladly mail it to 

 all applicants. 



GERMAN KALI WORKS 



93 Nassau Street, New York 



SAN JOSE SCALE 



AND 



INSECTS 



Are easily killed by Takanap Soft Naphtha Soap. 

 Endorsed by U. S. Government and State Experiment 

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 Hiirns.Shrds etc. FREIGHT PAID TO 

 ALL POINTS EAST OF COLORADO, 

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 ______ cation. At tbia price, we fumisb our 



No. 15 ]■ lut Shetits. 2 ft.x2 (t. At $1.60. we furnish the 

 ■amu iti corrugated like illuetration. We can aleo fur- 

 nish this rooting in 6 ft. and 8 ft. len^jths at an advanre 

 of 25c per square. Ask (or our FREE llIuBtrated 500- 

 Pago Catalog No. B. F. I'S'-i on Lumber, Koofiiig. Wire 

 Fencing, Hardware. Furniture, Clothing and General 

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Oept. 11 



Cuts from 

 both aides of 

 limb and does 

 not bruise 

 the bark. 

 We pay Ex- 

 press charges 

 on all orders. 



Write tor 

 circular and 

 prices. 



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POWER SPRAYERS 



The most complete line bnilt. 16 styles — meet every 

 possible requirement. All kinds of sprayiny; acci-s- 

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CHAMPAIGN. ILLINOIS 



Souvenir Postal Cards 

 Free to All 



We will Bend, all chartreg prepaid by us, one Free Pack- 

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AGENTS WANTEDi :m°o<fuci1irour 



worthy Eoods into your own community. 

 Km ploy aU or part time selling monuments. 

 Special inducements. Do your friends a fa- 

 vor and make some money. Investigate this 

 i liberal offer at once. Make the winter count, 

 UOOnE UOKl'UENT CO., Dept. S4, Sterlliic. Ul. 



the head of the first series selected. Also 

 give it its proper credits in the record 

 book. These plants that stand at the 

 head should be allowed to make all the 

 strong runners possible to be used for 

 propagating purposes for that particular 

 variety. Remember, this is but one 

 year's work; this line of work should be 

 kept up indefinitely along the same lines. 

 Thus it will be seen that to improve 

 plants by selection requires a great deal 

 of thought, close observation and infinite 

 patience. 



2. Only one crop of plants may be 

 taken directly from the selected mother 

 plant; but continued selections are made 

 from the progeny of that plant in suc- 

 ceeding generations. 



3. The only way to handle seedling 

 plants is to give each plant a number and 

 allow each one of these to make ten or 

 twelve runner plants, and treat them in 

 the same way as in the breeding bed as 

 above described. You will find that the 

 greater number of the seedlings will 

 amount to very little, while others may 

 prove to be of sufficient value to justify 

 you in giving time to them in the way of 

 selection and to improve them for general 

 introduction. 



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Miss G. D. B., Belmont, Mass. Regarding 

 the furrow for winter drainage: My rows 

 are set to the hill system and are thirty inches 

 apart. I have tried making the furrow as 

 directed, but it seems to me that the earth 

 thrown out is going to leave the plants in a 

 kind of trench, and so hold the water around 

 the plants. Will you please explain how the 

 water will drain from the plants into the 

 furrow? 



From your description we judge that 

 you have used too wide a shovel in mak- 

 ing the furrow for drainage. In making 

 this furrow you should use a shovel about 

 three inches wide, then little dirt will be 

 thrown up each side of the furrow. As 

 you have made a mistake in this direction, 

 we suggest that you go along the rows 

 with the hoe and make cuts in the ridges 

 on either side of the furrow, so that the 

 water may get into the drainage. These 

 cuts may be made' about a rod apart, and 

 by putting them in the lower places the 

 water readily will find them. 



J. A. E., Hilaire, Minn, Will hard freezing 

 hurt the strawberry plants after they are set? 



2, How many days' transportation will straw- 

 berry plants stand without being injured? 



3. Would it be advisable to take plants 

 from a near grower, and avoid delayed ship- 

 ments? 



Freezing that occurs immediately after 

 plants are set does not appear to injure 

 them seriously. We have had the ground 

 freeze two or three inches deep after the 

 plants were set, and only a small percent- 

 age of them were injured. However, the 



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 FOLKSTON. GEORGIA 



