THE STRAWBERRY JANUARY 1907 



feed. In ordering always request that 

 the bone meal be finely ground. 



3. Make the ground only medium 

 rich for Klondike. Plants may be set 

 twenty-four or thirty inches apart in the 

 row. 



4. Pride of Michigan appears to do 

 well in almost any kind of soil, but where 

 ground is quite rich berries will be larger 

 and there will be more of them. 



5. Gandy has a preference for heavier 

 soil than yours, but we have grown some 

 splendid crops of Gandy on sandy loam. 

 It does best where little manure is used. 

 Gandy is later by several days than 

 Aroma and this makes it a little more 

 profitable. The Oregon Iron Clad will 

 be good to set with Gandy, as it also 

 does well on medium-grade soil. Ihe 

 Iron Clad ripens a little earlier than 

 Gandy. 



6. Pick Parsons' Beauty a little under 

 ripe and it stands shipping quite well. 



7. The earlier the plants are set the 

 better for them. Just as soon as your 

 ground will do to work in it will be safe 

 to set the plants. 



8. If pistillates properly are mated, 

 they will generally yield more per acre 

 than will bisexuals. 



W. J. C, Thrums, B. C. Have a field of 

 finely growing plants, and next spring intend 

 to set a new field. I am planning to set 

 plants every ten or twelve inches apart and 

 keep off all runners, and not layer any runner 

 plants at all. What do you think of this 

 plan? 



For the hill system the plan is ideal. 

 We should make the rows not more than 

 three feet apart and set the plants twelve 

 inches apart in the row. Keeping all the 

 runners off will result in throwing more 

 strength to the mother plant which will 

 enable her to build up a larger number of 

 crowns and a heavy fruit bud system. 



J. W. K., Woodstock, N. B. Have a small 

 piece of ground I want to plant to strawberries 

 next spring. Was planted to beans and tur- 

 nips this year; as it is too late to sow a cover 

 crop, how would you suggest working it so as 

 to have it in good condition for plants next 

 spring? Ground is sandy loam. Have plenty 

 of mixed stable manure. 



2. As it is very cold here in New Brunswick, 

 have frost up to first week in June, what plants 

 would you suggest setting — early, medium or 

 late? 



3. Can get plenty of buckwheat straw. 

 Will this make a good mulching? 



4. Is there any other kind of grain that I 

 can substitute for rye as a cover crop? There 

 is no rye grown in this section. 



Vegetables of any kind are ideal to grow 

 in advance of strawberries. By the time 

 this issue reaches you it will be entirely 

 too late to break up this piece of ground, 

 therefore we would suggest that you cover 



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the entire patch with the mixed stable 

 manure you now have on hand. Sprade 

 it lightly and very evenly, so that it will 

 cover the entire surface. Of course, it 

 always is best to have some cover crop 

 like rye or clover growing on the ground 

 during winter. However, the manure 

 will be a covering and a great protection 

 to the ground, and will furnish the re- 

 quired plant food. A covering of any 

 kind keeps the soil from puddling and 

 aids to retain a mellowness in the soil 

 that could not be maintained in any other 

 way. 



2. This is a hard question to answer 

 definitely as it depends entirely upon the 

 stage the bloom has reached when the 

 frost comes. That is, one of the earliest 

 varieties might escape the frost entirely, 

 as it might so happen that there would be 



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no frost during the more sensitive period. 

 That period is immediately after the bloom 

 has opened, and when the anthers are 

 bursting and the stigmas are receiving the 

 pollen. Thus you will see that a medium 

 or late variety cannot be absolutely sure 

 of escaping the frost, as a frost might 

 come at the most critical stage of their 

 growth. Yet the best advice we could 

 give as a general rule in a locality such as 

 yours is to set largely of the later varieties, 

 It would be a good plan to set sparingly 

 of extra earlies, such as Excelsior and 

 Texas, as both of these varieties build up 

 a large foliage, which serves as protection 

 to the bloom during a frost. The Cres- 

 scent is very hardy in bloom and through 

 some experiments we ha\e been making 

 have found it a reliable variety to recom- 

 mend for northern latitudes. Senator 



