THE STRAWBERRY DECEMBER 1906 



freezing will make the crowns or body of 

 the plant quite dark, and if a plant were 

 broken in two after the freeze it would 

 appear as if killed. But a few days of 

 warm weather will start them up as though 

 nothing had happened. 



2. Our own experience in shipping 

 plants is that they will keep for several 

 weeks after they are packed, provided 

 they are not subjected to any careless 

 treatment, such as putting the package 

 close to a hot stove or other heating appa- 

 ratus; or setting them out in a hot, dry 

 wind; or pouring water over the package 

 and then setting them in a cellar. Last 

 season we made a test by shipping a box 

 of plants a distance of 800 miles; then we 

 ordered the plants shipped back to us. 

 The records show that they were packed 

 in the box for ten full days after digging, 

 yet when opened up after their return 

 they were as fresh as when shipped, and 

 grew luxuriantly when planted. 



3. If your neighbor grower has a reg- 

 ular propagating bed and is careful in 

 selecting his plants to choose only from 

 strong, well-bred mother plants, it would 

 be all right to secure your plants from him. 

 It is our experience, however, that very few 

 growers know anything about the breed- 

 ing and selection of plants and how to 

 bring them to their highest state of de- 

 velopment. 



M. D. T. , Itasca, Wis. I have a piece of 

 ground on which no crop was grown last 

 season save some green stuff, which I plowed 

 under, after which I gave it a good coat of 

 manure; plowed it again in October very deep. 

 What do you think of my way of preparing 

 a new bed for strawberries? 



If the green crop you turned under was 

 not heavy enough to sour the ground, we 

 should think that your method should 

 put the soil in fine condition. The fact 

 that you replowed the ground in the fall 

 will overcome the tendency of the green 

 stuff to sour the soil. The only improve- 

 ment we would suggest is the sowing of 

 rye after breaking it up the last time. 



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F. M. P., Lebanon, Ind. We mowed our 

 strawberry vines and let them get thoroughly 

 dry and then tried to burn them and they 

 would not burn. There was scarcely any 

 mulch on the ground. Ought we to have 

 scattered straw over the ground before trying 

 to burn them? 



2. In the case of plants that are raised in 

 double and single hedge rows should all the 

 old plants be left for second crop, keeping all 

 the runners off, or should the greater part of 

 them be dug out and let new plants fill the 

 row? 



When there is no mulching on the 

 ground it is rather difficult to get fire to 

 pass over the entire patch with nothing 

 but dry foliage to consume. But the dry 



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foliage may successfully be burned by 

 taking a forkful of dry straw and setting 

 it on fire. Then carry this forkful of 

 burning straw over the rows of plants, 



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holding it close to the ground. The burn- 

 ing straw will fall from the fork and make 

 a continuous blaze along the row. The 

 small amount of litter left on the ground 



