THE STRAWBERRY DECEMBER 1906 



Comments and suggestions from 



a strawberry reader ^61 



Commercial fertilizer and the 



strawberry 111» 235 



Compost, making leaf mold 68 



Concerning wood ashes .106 



Conserving moisture, 145; by cul- 

 tivating and hoeing 22S 



Cornfodder as mulch, 7, 255; when 

 and how to sow corn; Amount of 

 seed required; on clover sod; 

 when to cut; Yield per acre, 255 



Corrosive sublimate 260 



Cost of an acre of strawberries, 190 



Reducing the • • • ■ -^l^ 



Cow Peas — When to sow, 155, 2Ui, 



223; For humus, 186, 205, 223. 

 Crab Grass, how to get nd of.. 1/0 



Crate Making (lUus.) 27 



Crate Form (Illus.) • 27 



Crown Miner — Description, meth 



od of work, and preventives.. 97 

 Cultivation — vs. fertilization, 104; In 

 the fall. 177; During fruitmg time, 

 44; Increase when plants are in- 

 active, 75; Depends on climate, 

 138; When and how to practice, 

 139; Checks capillary action, 223; 

 By hand, 228. 

 Cultivating the fruiting bed.... 103 

 Culture for color and keeping 



qualities .•■■,„} 



Cut Worm, nature and preventive, 184 



December tasks for strawberry 



fojl; 251 



Don'ts 76, 98. 144 



Double-Cropping 'p 



Double-Hedge Row — Advantages ot, 



50. 151; Distance apart to set 



plants in, 6S; How to make. 



Draining — Level ground, 183; 



berry bed in winter, 257. 



Electrical experiments with plants. 4 



Elements of Success . 146 



Ever-bearing strawberry, Ihe, IS; 



Notes on. 39. . i-? 



Extended strawberry season, An, 17 



succeed- 



120 

 Straw- 



Fall Fruiting, effect on 



ing season s 



crop 

 of 



.223 



Fall preparation of soil, 21, 177 

 nlowinff 203 



By plowin- 



Family strawberry patch, 11, 30, 554, 

 77, 209; Hints for making and 

 possible results. 11. 

 Farmers' Congress, The .......190 



February work, Suggestions for, 27 

 Fendall strawberry. The (Illus.), 164 

 Fertilizer — Analysis or commercial f. 

 desired, 44; Summer application of, 

 92- For sandy loam, 93; When to 

 apply. 122, 154; Ohio prices for, 

 137; How to apply. 139; Ground 

 bone as. 153; The best f.. 175; 

 Hoof-parings as. 186; Muriate and 

 sulphate of potash for. 204; Rot- 

 ted flax straw for. 204 ; Pigeon- 

 droppings as, 204; Sand vetch as, 

 227. 

 Fining in vacancies. 92, 153, 154, 



177. 184, 203. 226. 

 Forcing strawberry plants in pots, 

 169, 218; In green-house, 187. 



Foreword ; \ 



Free-seed distribution 14.i 



Frost— Smoke as a preventive, 91; 

 Effect on blossoms, 138; Causes 

 poorly formed plants, 168; May 

 destroy entire cone. 168; Effect 

 on new-set plants. 257. _ 

 Frozen crowns, protection against 195 

 Fruiting Bed — Weeding the, 74; 



Cultivating the, 102, 138. 

 Getting a home of one's own, 174 



Good work for women 16 



Growing and selling strawberries. 174 

 Growing plants and fruit together, 52 

 Growing strawberries in North for 

 Southern markets 25 



Haste that makes waste 88 



Heeling-in plants (Illus.) 52 



Helpful hints for strawberry folk. 108 

 Hill system, growing strawberries 



by ■-• -^^^ 



Hoed crops as preparation for 



strawberries 21 



Hoeing — The proper way (Illus.) 



75; Under foliage 185 



Honeymoon strawberry enterprise. 85 

 Hood' River region of Oregon. 132 

 Horticultural societies. Work of. 60A 

 How to prune and set plants dUus.), 

 51; To get your own prices for 

 strawberries, " 74; To handle a 

 kicker. 107; I encouraged home 

 strawberry culture, 150; Colorado 

 celebrates Strawberry Day. 161; 

 I renew the old bed. 176; One 

 amateur finds joy in patch (Illus.), 

 179; A novice compels success, 210; 

 White strawberries were intro- 

 duced, 211; Laddie cured father's 

 rheumatism. 219: To get rid of 

 the white grub. 229; To clean out 

 a badly matted field, 224. 



Humus, peas as makers of 92 



Important word from Secretary 

 Hays 60A 



Insects, Insurance against 177 



Intensive vs. extensive strawberry 



culture 142 



Irrigating the strawberry, 139, 152, 



223. 255. 

 July work in the strawberry field, 145 



Kanit as a nitrogen saver 62 



Kerosene emulsion, remedy for 



white fly 260 



Krueger. C. H.: How I renew 



the old bed 176 



Late berries for the north, 67, 190, 

 197. 



Layering runners 145, 159 



Leaf curl. See Mildew. 

 Leaf Rollers — Origin, nature and 

 preventive, 20; Second brood, 159 



Learning the better way 114 



Lime — Fertilizing value of, 96; Ob- 

 serve care in using, 120; Value 

 of carbonate of, 155. 

 Liver of sulphur, preventive and 



cure for mildew, 98. 152. 259 

 Making fertilizer without cost, 28 

 Manure Spreader, The economy 

 available, 10; Horse and cow 

 mixed, 19; Chicken droppings as, 

 20; High value of farm. 33; Top 

 dressing with, 137, 139, 195; Barn- 

 yard, 46 ; Value of sheep, 1 39 ; 

 Spreading in summer in Texas, 

 167; Liquid as stimulant for plants, 

 170; Coarse on heavy clay soils, 

 204. 

 Manure Spreader, The — Economy 

 and value of. 10, 20. 55; Cost of, 11 



Managing the berrv pickers 99 



Marking device (Illus.) 28 



Mating varieties 19, 21, 92 



Melcher, August : Some reminis- 



censes of an Old Timer 63 



Mice in strawberry fields 193 



Mildew (Leaf Curl), Nature of 

 and preventives, 46, 71, 154, 171, 

 185, 259. , ^ 



Moles, To get rid of 46, 193 



More differences than one in the 



quality of fruit 244 



Moving pictures of plant growth. 175 

 Mrs. Hooper of the strawberry 



patch -.174 



Mowing over the patch, imple- 

 ment to use 137 



Mulching. Materials for — Asparagus, 

 185; Buckwheat straw. 168; Clo- 

 ver chaff. 69; Coarse manure, 7, 

 19, 216; Hops, 120; Leaves. 170. 

 223; Millet, 137; Marsh hay, 7, 

 216; Oat straw. 7. 19. 216; Pine 

 Needles. 7; Rve straw. 216; Saw- 

 dust, 46, 205; Shredded cornfodder, 

 216, 250; Snow, 170; Sorghum 

 pomace. 7, 19, 183. 217; Sown- 

 corn, 119. 216, 255; Swamp grass, 

 255 ; Tobacco stems. 69, 1 52 ; 

 Wheat straw, 19, 215; Uses of. 2. 

 68, 168. 261; Applying. 119, 215; 

 Time for, 7. 228; Economy of, 

 216; Importance of, 8; Where 

 snow-fall is heavy, 44; In the 

 North, in the Middle States, In 

 the South, In arid lands, 7 ; On 

 the snow, 259; Growing oats for, 

 46; Growing corn for. 255; How 

 to remove, 139; When to remove, 

 170; Quantity required, 185. 

 My first attempt at growing straw- 

 berries 32 



Nine hundred dollars from an 



acre of strawberries 214 



Nitrate of Soda — Where to obtain. 

 44, 96; When and how much to 

 apply. 94, 228; Not required on 

 virgin soil, 45 ; Excess of makes 

 soft fruit. 94. and too great vege- 

 tative growth, 96. 

 Nitrogen, excess of causes over-de- 

 velopment of foliage. 171, 226, and 

 makes fruit soft. 1 86. 



Note from Southland 89 



Noteworthy strawberry field 211 



North Carolina's great strawberry 



fields 131 



Oats as preventive of soil washing, 205 



Oat-straw mulch .7, 216 



October work with strawberries, 195 



(Dne amateur's experience 11 



One beginner's experience ..... 56 

 One farmer and his strawberries, 247 



Onions as an advance crop 203 



O/ganization — Necessity and value 

 of. 49. 143; For better methods 

 and prices, 141. 

 Overflow Question Box, 64, 182, 198 



Packing. Value of care in 76 



Paris Careen, Formula for spray, 98, 



106. 

 Phosohate — How to apply, 152; Re- 

 sults from use, 153; Value of 



rock, 155. 

 Phosphorus — As a soil builder, 62; 



In raw bone-meal, 155. 

 Pickers — How to handle, 158; 



Number required. 139. 

 Pickers' Chariot. The (Illus.), 180 

 Picking Strawberries — Only when 



dry. 75, 138, 228; One day's work 



for a man. 228. 

 Pistillates— More prolific than bi- 



sexuals, 21; Will bear only when 

 mated. 22, 63, 103; How to mate, 

 69; Definition of, 70; How to 

 identify, 205. 

 Plants — Preparation of soil for, 22, 

 186; When to manure, 43; Num- 

 ber required, 20, 121; Preparing 

 for bud development, 159; For a 

 dry climate, 164; Thinning out, 

 70; Use only strong, 68; Never use 

 old, 123, 139; Number of crops 

 from one setting, 137, 139, 151, 

 170, 228; Old p. cause pollen ex- 

 haustion and encourage diseases 

 and insects, 152; Bloom in proper 

 season, 152; All runners of equal 

 value, 183; Infected leaves of, 

 185; Nature unchanged by mix- 

 ing, 205 ; Effect of long-distance 

 shipping, 257; Weight per thou- 

 sand, 45. 

 Plant breeding, for maintenance 



and improvement 101 



Pointers for the procrastinator, ISO 



berries 41 



Potatoes as an advance crop, 228; 

 As remedy for acid in soil, 260 

 Potassium — Adds to color and keep- 

 ing quality. 21; Do not use too 

 liberally, 120; Encourages healthy 

 foliage, 154. 

 Poultry with strawberries, 114, 248 

 Practical experience in strawberry 



culture 126 



Practical strawberry culture 62 



Preparing bed for second crop, 128. 

 170; Treatment of old plants, 259 

 Preventives of insect pests and 



fungous diseases 97, 98 



Propagating Bed, The, 129 ; Keep 

 distinct from fruiting bed, 94; 

 How to make, 122, 185. 

 Propagating your own plants. . . 91 

 Proper mating of varieties to se- 

 cure pollination of bisexuals 

 (with arrangement scheme), 60D 



Proper pollination points 39 



Pruning (Illus.), 51; Value of, 185 

 Quality in fruit, cash value of.. 4 



Question for Southerners, A 112 



Reasoner. J. R. (Portrait): Ori- 

 gin of the Senator Dunlap 



strawberry 3 



Reasons for my faith 50 



Received his dollar's worth mafiy 



times over 243 



Recollections of a veteran 210 



Recruiting the farms "35 



Red Spider, Nature, habit and 



remedy for 151 



Remedies for insect pests and fun- 

 gous diseases, Bordeaux mixture, 

 Liver of sulphur, Paris green. 

 Burning over fields, 98. 



Remittance in rhyme 65 



Removing surplus runners, how 



to do the work 159 



Rotation of crops, importance and 



value of 129, 154, 185, 194 



Rosebugs, Remedy for 169 



Rows, measuring off by steps (Illus.), 

 2; Direction to run, 138; Distance 

 apart for hand cultivation, 93. 96; 

 Distances apart in different modes 

 of setting. 187; Why better than 

 the hill system, 153. 

 Runners — First, when to remove, 92, 

 154; Second year, value of, 136. 

 152; Handling surplus, 47; When 

 to remove, 138; Restricting, 20. 

 21, 69, 95. 177; Value of restrict- 

 ing. 138; Layering, 136, 145, 159; 

 Encouraging growth of, 184; 

 Treatment of laterals, 43. 

 Rust— Nature of, 95. 155. 169, 204, 

 207; Preventives. 98, 155. 169, 204, 

 207; Damage done by. 224. 

 Rye — As cover crop, quantity, when 

 and how to sow. 21, 155, 205 ; 

 Takes up manure leachings, 187, 207 



Salt, Injurious to soil . . . ._ 123 



Sandy loam for strawberries. ... 21 



Saving that wasteth, The 176 



Saw-fly — Description of and treat- 

 ment for. 43, 97, 223; Spray with 

 Paris green. 43. 106, 223. 

 Second Crop — Probable yield of, 44; 

 Preparing for, 70, 128 ; Some 

 causes for failure in, 223. 



Selecting a location _ 166 



Selection and preparation of the 



fields ...133 



Senator Dunlap strawberry, origin 



and naming of 3 



Setting Plants — How to (Illus.), 51; 



When to, 224. 

 Shipping strawberries by thou- 

 sands of carloads 131 



Shipping at night 138 



Simpson, Mr., 12, 15. 16. 103. 144 



Simpson's view of things 144 



Single-hedge Row — Advantages of, 

 205. 259; Distance to set apart 

 in. 205. 

 Slime mold on strawberry plants, 158 

 Slope of land for varieties of 



differing seasons 75 



Slug, description. methods of 

 work and remedy 97 



Sod — Danger of white grubs in, 19; 



Alfalfa, how to handle, 91. 

 Soil — Preparing for plants, 22; May 

 be made too rich, 44; Acid con- 

 dition of, 259; Alkali in, 259. 

 Some cultural suggestions ...... 36 



Some reminiscences of an Old Timer, 

 63 ; practical experiences, 116; 

 lessons from experience, 142 ; 

 things worth knowing, 148; of the 

 the season's experiences, 116; 

 for May in the strawberry field, 

 191. 



Sown-corn for mulch 255 



Sorghum pomace as mulch. .7, 217 



Sorting berries 22 



Specializing in strawberries .... 73 

 Spraying — In August, 159; In fruit- 

 ing time, 119; When plants are in 

 bloom, 121 ; New-set plants, 154; 

 Only after dew is gone, 185. 

 Springtime strawberry suggestions, 75 



Spring the time to plant 214 



Spring setting in the South. ... 29 



Stakes, Head (Illus.) 28 



Stands by pedigree in plants, 60 D 

 Starting a farm without a dollar, 31 

 Starting a farm on little capital, 8 



Statistics, some strawberry 26 



Stalk-borer, nature and preventive, 184 

 Strawberry literature, dearth of, 1 

 Strawberry growers organize. ... 26 

 Strawberries — In wintertime, 2; In 

 Texas, 29; In North Dakota, 78; 

 In Northern Michigan, 127; In 

 Bohemia, 163 ; In Missouri, 163; 

 In the North, 165; In spare time, 

 196; In New Mexico, 206; In an 

 orchard, 129. 286. 226: On high 

 and low land, 19; On hill sloping 

 east, 152; For select trade, 110; 

 And chickens, 30; Packing, 127; 

 Number of successive crops of, 

 129; Railways recognize importance 

 of, 132; Most reliable of crops, 

 144 ; Foundation-making season 

 for, 159; Sub-irrigation for, 68 ; 

 How to pick, 122; Injured by too 

 much water, 168; September work 

 with. 177; And the home beauti- 

 ful. 125; And one woman's grit, 147; 

 That made a m . rry Christmas, 

 237; Adaptability to any soil, 108, 

 127; Need the sun, 108; Remark- 

 ably free from insect attacks. 108; 

 Hygienic value of. 110; Statistics, 

 157; Inspiration, the, 108. 

 Strawberry culture in Colorado, 16 

 Success and failure and some fig- 

 ures why 12 



Success with strawberries, A wom- 

 an's 41 ; To the man who does, 

 102; Despite discouragement, 165 ; 

 Under difficulties, 213; and chick- 

 ens, 248. 



Suggestions for March 52 



Summer setting of strawberries, 250 

 Sweet Corn as an advance crop, 256 

 Taking their winter sleep (Poem), 37 



Tarnish Bug, preventive 98 



Thinning out strawberry ^plants, 191 

 225; Essential to fruit quality, 206 

 Transplanting, Spring the better 



time .45, _ 122 



Use of commercial fertilizer in 



strawberry culture 235 



Vacancies, Filling in, 92, 153, 154, 



177, 184, 203, 226. 

 Value of ventilated strawberry 



boxes 211 



Value of sticking. The 109 



Varieties of Plants — Best for single- 

 hedge row, 24 ; Best for double- 

 hedge row ; Best for narrow n>at- 

 ted row, 34; For the hill sys- 

 tem. 163. 

 Weeding the fruiting bed. 74, 183 

 Weeds — Easiest time to kill, 105; 

 In wet weather, 106; Best way to 

 kill, 123; How to prevent, 123; 

 Ridding matted row of, 167. 

 Weevil, origin and nature of, 136; 



preventive. 98. 

 Whale-oil soap, remedy for white 



fly 260 



What a woman can do 189 



What two years of experience 



has wrought 250 



Wheat as a cover crop 223 



Wheat-straw mulch 7, 215 



When old age^ comes on 88 



Where hasty judgment hurts. . .210 

 Where opportunity is neglected. 242 

 Where the strawberry comes from. 37 

 White Grub— Habit.' 97. 120. 183. 184, 

 207; Preventive, 20. 97. 120, 135, 

 183. 184. 207: On sod land. 19. 

 Who grew the prize strawberries, 201 

 Why Bunker was disappointed, 103 

 Why I got no st rawberries, 103 

 Winning success with the straw- 

 berry 57 



Woman's success with strawber- 

 ries. A 41 



Women and strawberry culture, 181, 



Working among strawberry plants, 



When to stop, 43, 67. 135, 184 



Young man's opportunity. The, 6 



Paje 264 



