THE STRAWBERRY JANUARY 1907 



and faster. If the soil is rich and can be 

 kept so, and if it is free of noxious seeds, 

 by this method of renewing, a held of 

 strawberries can be perpetuated almost 

 indefinitely. 



I fell upon this plan in my effort to 

 exterminate white clove.^ While I failed 

 to eradicate the odious legume I found 

 the plan worked excellently in the extir- 

 pation of every other weed. It is truly a 

 good plan on good ground. 



But on thin land I found this treatment 

 too drastic. On such land the old plants 

 have not produced enough young ones 

 and the rows are too light. No doubt 

 the plants in those thin rows will have a 

 good chance for spring development, if 

 unhindered, and for the production of fine 

 fruit; but the harvest will not be plen- 

 teous. Besides, where the plants do not 

 cover the ground weeds and grass, those 

 silent disturbers of the peace, will have a 

 chance to come in and, like the thorns in 

 the parable, choke the plants until they 

 can bring no fruit to perfection. (3n thin 

 land this method should not be employed. 

 In fact, strawberries should not be planted 

 on that kind of soil at all. Better sow it 

 to clover, plant it to cowpeas or cover it 

 knee deep with barnyard manure and 

 spend two or three years in making it 

 ready. 



While the half has not been told of my 

 experiences in 1906 time fails, and space 

 forbids that I should say more. 



Neosho, Mo, 



/^IJR correspondent's references to 

 ^^ crab grass lead us to mention our 

 own experience with this weed. In 1905 

 we had 100 acres in strawberries, and in 

 July, just when runners were forming in 

 myriad numbers, rain began to fall and 

 continued for from ten to twelve days. 

 The ground was fairly covered with water 

 during this time. The crab grass took 

 advantage of these conditions and multi- 

 plied so rapidly as to threaten the life of 

 the plants. We could neither cultivate 

 or hoe, but the foreman was given orders 

 to station his men in a building on the 

 farm so situated that they could make 

 use of every minute of time between 

 showers. In this way the entire hundred 

 acres were gone over, a force of about 

 thirty men being employed pulling out 

 the crab grass by hand and throwing it 

 into the spaces between the rows. As 

 soon as the rain ceased, cultivators and 

 hoes were started, and when autumn 

 came it found the fields as free from grass 

 and weeds as a parlor floor. We would 

 emphasize the point that it is of utmost 

 importance that crab grass be kept out of 

 the fields. There is no doubt that this 

 weed feeds like a glutton on the plant 

 food in the soil, thus taking it from the 

 strawberry plants and weakening their 

 fruit-producing powers. 



We also have had troubles of our own 

 with white clover, but by frequent hoe- 

 ings and pulling it out by the roots with 



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the hand, we have kept our fields free 

 from it. 



Mr. Graves remarks that upon rich 

 soil strawberry plants may be encoumged 

 to perpetuate themselves almost indefi- 

 nitely. Possibly by his method it might 

 be done for several years, but there are 

 three prime reasons why this plan should 

 not be generally followed — first, the effect 

 upon the soil of continuous cropping is to 

 fill it with to.\ic matter, resuliing in the 

 steady depreciation of the stamina of the 

 plants, a fact which makes frequent ro- 

 tation absolutely essential; second, the 

 weakening of the plant results in deterio- 



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ration of the fruit, both in quantity and 

 quality; third, an old bed is a breeding 

 place for insects and fungous spores. 



Mr. Graves is an e-xtensive grower of 

 strawberries, and his article is of high 

 value and will be of great benefit to our 

 readers. It is such practical e.xperiences, 

 published for the guidance of others, that 

 lead to progress all along the lin?. 

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