THE STRAWBERRY APRIL 1907 



ing for some better way of making more 

 manure for his own use or of getting it 

 from outside sources. He also learns of 

 ways to save all he makes. Without it, 

 he loses much of the value of manure by 

 allowing it to wash away from his barnyard 

 lots or to fire fang in little piles under the 

 drip or somewhere near the barn. 



Cross-cultivating for Sorrel 



IN a note to The Strawberry W. H. 

 Chaffee, who grows strawberries on 

 the mountains at Ahwahnee, Calif., 

 gives an account of his work to clean sor- 

 rel out of his patch of strawberries, and 

 all will be pleased to hear from him, later 

 on, what the results of his efforts were. 

 He says: 



"This year I have had a little experience 

 out of the usual in cross-cultivating about 

 three-fourths of an acre of matted rows to 

 get out the red sorrel roots and rejuvenate 

 the patch. Three years ago I did the same 

 thing and it worked well, but the patch 

 was not so old. Last year I read in The 

 Strawberry of some one who did the same 

 thing and it worked well, so I thought I 

 would try it again. As soon as the vines 

 were through bearing I mowed them of?, 

 then took a rake and gathered the leaves 

 and took them all off the patch; then took 

 a twelve-tooth Planet Jr. cultivator, opened 

 it full width and started in and gave it a 

 good thorough cross-cultivating. Then 

 went over the patch with garden rake and 

 raked out every vine that would pull out. 

 Then started in with the hoes. I took a 

 couple of six-inch hoes and put them on an 

 anvil and with a good sharp cold-chisel 

 cut off the sides, leaving the hoes two 

 inches wide on the bottom. I then filed 

 them sharp, sides and all, and was ready 

 for business. 



"We hoed all through the patch be- 

 tween the plants, and any plant that was 

 seriously injured by the cultivating we cut 

 out. When we got through we again 

 raked the patch over and took everything 

 off the ground and it was a sick-looking 

 patch that was left. Once more I put in 

 the cultivator and cultivated between the 

 rows, and then gave the whole patch, on 

 the rows and between them, a good coat- 

 ing of green horse manure. The plants 



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soon started their fall growth and the sorrel 

 also; and then it was hoe or cultivate al- 

 most continuously until it got so late that 

 neither plants or sorrel would grow, but 

 to look at the patch you would think it 

 was its second year. The vines are large, 

 leaves are broad, and they have apparently 

 made extra-fine crowns. I am waiting 

 anxiously to see what the crop will be." 



How Big Results Are Secured in 

 Horticulture 



THE editor of Seed Time and Har- 

 vest, after quoting from a reader of 

 Gleanings who reports that two 

 years ago he sold within a few cents of 

 $500 worth of strawberries ofi from 

 twenty-six rows 220 feet long, and about 

 $300 worth from, the same patch last year, 

 comments as follows: "There is nothing 

 incredible about this. Of course $500 

 from less than half an acre of land is a big 

 sum, but a good crop of strawberries in a 

 year of good price can fetch it. This 

 shows that in any locality where the con- 

 ditions are right, the strawberry is one of 

 our foremost money crops. We can grow 

 good berries in almost any kind of soil, 

 from clear sand to stiff clay. But we 

 must select varieties according to our soil 

 and conditions, and each grower must try 

 for himself what varieties are best suited 

 to his locality unless a neighbor can tell 

 him. In one place an early berry will sell 

 well, in another a late one. In one place 

 the call is for Wilson, in another for 

 Brandywine or Gandy. The grower's aim 



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