THE STRAWBERRY FEBRUARY 1907 



convinced this is not a safe practice. To 

 control rust spray with Bordeaux mixture 

 when growth starts in the spring; repeat 

 in ten days and again just before buds 

 open. 



3. The Michigan Agricultural Col- 

 lege could analyze your soil and tell what 

 it contained, but could not indicate what 

 percentage of the plant food is available. 



4. The rows on rapidly sloping 

 ground should run transversely in order 

 to prevent washing. 



5. In our own experience we have 

 found the dibble the most satisfactory 

 tool to use in this work. 



6. In your locality we would recom- 

 mend Canadian field peas, as these are 

 not injured by frost, and will continue 

 growing until freezing weather. 



7. By throwing a furrow from each 

 side of a single-hedge row after the fruit- 

 ing season, it becomes possible to secure 

 a mellow seed bed for the new roots to 

 develop in. It also opens up the soil to 

 a greater depth than could be done with 

 ordinary cultivating tools. The point is 

 to secure a seed bed as nearly as possible 

 like the condition the bed was in when 



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the plants first were set. When this is 

 done and the crown of th'e plant is cov- 

 ered with fine soil, the second crop most 

 always will equal the first crop. 



8. Yes; in your case it would be bet- 

 ter to let the mother plants remain. A 

 light dressing of manure applied after the 

 bed has been prepared as in answer No. 7 

 will force a larger number of runners to 

 form. 



9. If ground is not frozen, the roots 

 of plants will continue to grow under 

 snow. If plants are not calloused, it will 

 in no way affect them if they are not dis- 

 turbed. The principal advantage of a 

 calloused root is that it enables them to 

 stand a long-distance shipping. Even in 

 taking up plants and setting them on your 

 own ground, a plant with calloused roots 

 will begin its growth more quickly than 

 will one not calloused. 



10. In your locality it will be best to 

 wait until the plants are through blooming 

 before starting the cultivator in your fruit- 

 ing bed. As a rule there is an abundance 

 of rain early in the spring, and the little 

 waste in moisture is not so serious a mat- 

 ter as it would be later on in the season. 



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While the following named varieties 

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S. W. W., Dixon, 111. Will it do to plant my 

 berries in rows four feet apart and put early 

 potatoes between them, if I get the potatoes 

 dug before the berries begin to set runners? 

 2. By fifty bushels of ashes to the acre, do 

 you mean to indicate quantity by measure or 

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It is not wise to set anything else with 

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 be that both the strawberries and the 

 vegetables planted with them would suffer. 

 The strawberry is a heavy feeder, and 

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 food contained in the soil. We would 

 advise you to set the plants in rows not 

 more than three feet apart, and give up 

 the entire field to them. Very small veg- 

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onions liave been grown between rows of 

 strawberries quite successfully where in- 

 tensive cultural methods were followed. 

 2. When we speak of bushels of ashes 

 we refer to the measured bushel, and not 

 to the quantity by weight. 



J. D. C, Boyd, Tex. My strawberries blos- 

 somed quite heavily in the fall, during which 

 season we have light freezing at intervals. 

 As a result they do not bear well in the 

 spring. What kind of treatment could I give 

 my plants to secure a full crop? 



The light freezing in the fall while 

 plants are blooming will interfere with 

 your plants' producing a fall crop, but 

 unless they bloom exceedingly heavy in 

 the fall the blooming should not material- 

 ly lessen the spring crop. Our suggestion 

 is that you cultivate your plants until very 

 late in the fall, which would keep the 



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