THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1907 



with a fork the tramping with the 

 feet as you walk along will press it 

 closely to the ground. Now you have 

 mulching placed all around the phints 

 and about eighteen inches of clear space 

 between the rows. Make the furrow di- 

 rectly in the center of the space and after 

 irrigating is done and the soil is dry 

 enough, cultivate the furrow, which will 

 throw the soil back to its place, closing 

 up the furrow. By doing this a dust 

 mulch is formed, which will shut ofT the 

 escape of the water, thus compelling the 

 water to move toward the plants which 

 offer the only escape to the surface. The 

 cultivator should be run through after 

 each picking, and if your soil appears to 

 be drying out, give the soil another water- 

 ing, doing this as often as is necessary. 

 However, we are confident that by fol- 

 lowing these instructions it would be un- 

 necessary to irrigate more than two or 

 three times during the entire season. 



4. Your nurseryman is recommending 

 a very good variety when he names the 

 Marshall. But we shall be somewhat 

 more conservative, and say that the Mar- 

 shall is all right for Utah, but there are 

 many other varieties that will do equally 

 as well. Among ihem is Pride of Mich- 

 igan, Mark Hanna and Brandywine; for 

 the earlier kinds we would name Senator 

 Dunlap and Wm. Belt; for the extra-early 

 just try Excelsior and August Luther. 



D B. B., Palmyra, N. Y. My patch of 

 strawberrses I set out last year grew finely and 

 the plants matted thickly between the rows on 

 account of my having so little time to cut 

 them off. I want to sow some nitrate of soda 

 on them. Would you advise my digging 

 out the center of the row and sow on my ni- 

 trate of soda and cultivate two or three times 

 before fruiting time? Would the cultivating 

 hurt the plants left for fruiting? How much 

 nitrate would you ad\ ise for half an acre? 



Do not try to thin your plants until after 

 the fruit is all picked. Pulverize the ni- 

 trate of soda finely, use fifty pounds for 

 your half-acre; apply twenty-five pounds 

 as growth starts in the spring; scatter it 

 through the vines when they are dry, and 

 the other twenty-five pounds before the 

 buds open. 



O. P. B. , Flat Rock, Ind. Are corn-cob ashes 

 as good for fertilizing the ground as wood 

 ashes? 



2. Is there any other variety of berries that 

 is as large, deep-red, high-flavored and more 

 productive than the Marshall? 



3. How would you mark the rows for set- 

 ting plants where you wished to set a pistillate 

 variety that ought to set twenty-four inches 

 apart in the rows, as the Buhach.and fertilize 

 it with Brandywine, that you recommend 

 setting thirty-six inches apart? 



Corn-cob ashes contain quite a little 

 plant food and are of much benefit to 



the soil. However, we should prefer un- 

 leached wood ashes. 



2. The Warfield, Senator Dunlap and 

 Downing's Bride produce very dark-col- 

 ored berries and are very productive. 



3. The distance apart plants should 

 be set in the row will not interfere in any 

 way with the marking of the row. We 

 presume you wish to set them so that 

 you may cultivate both ways. If this is 

 true, then set all the varieties the same 

 distance apart — about thirty inches. It 

 is unnecessary to follow absolutely the 

 suggestions made as to the distance apart 

 plants should be set. The suggestions 

 are given to carry some idea to those not 

 posted of the way in which various vari- 

 eties may be set. 



J. A. E., St. Hilaire, Minn. How far apart 

 should plants be set in the propagating bed? 

 2. Should each runner be allowed to make 

 more than one plant? 

 ?. Should all runners be set? 

 4. And how close together? 



Make rows four feet apart; set plants 

 three feet apart in the row. 



2. Each runner will make three or 

 four plants. 



3. Plants from all runners should be 

 layered. 



4. 1 hree or four inches apart. 



0N abundance of fruit of highest 

 quality, finely colored and 



flavored, is the direct result of 

 supplying a complete fertilizer con- 

 taining from 7 to 12 per cent, of 

 Potash to the tree, vine or bush. 



"Plant Food" is a book well worth 

 a place in the library of any fruit 

 grower. We will gladly mail it to 

 all applicants. 



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