THE STRAWBERRY APRIL 1907 



greatly improve the mechanical condition 

 of your soil, as well as add quite a little 

 nitrogen that the peavines would draw 

 from the atmosphere. 



J. C. D., Lakeport, N. H. I understand my 

 Brandywine and Aroma will pollenize only 

 the later bloom of my Haverlands. Now my 

 plants are under a heavy mulch. Why can't 

 I leave the mulch on my Haverlands a few 

 days longer than I do on my Brandywine and 

 Aroma. That would make the Haverland a 

 few days later. If I am right, how many 

 days later should I keep the mulch on the 

 Haverland than I do on my Brandywine and 

 Aroma? Last fall I put a good coat of ma- 

 nure on my strawberries after the ground was 

 frozen. 



2. Would it be a good plan to put on 

 some hard-wood ashes as soon as they com- 

 mence growing in the spring? Will ashes do 

 any damage to the leaves if they come in con- 

 tact with them? 



By leaving the mulching on Haverlands 

 a few days longer than on the other va- 

 rieties, it would help somewhat in causing 

 the bloom of all the varieties to open at 

 the same time. This will do where you 

 have the plants already set, but we would 

 not advise you to set a medium pistillate 

 with late bisexuals again. The mulching 

 should not be left on the Haverlands 

 longer than five or six days. In fact, you 

 can tell the length of time better than we. 

 Watch the plants under the mulching, 

 and if they start growing, uncover at once. 



2. If wood ashes were applied now, 

 some of the plant food would leach out 

 during the winter rains, and the plants 

 might be benefited a trifle, but we doubt 

 if the value would warrant the expense. 

 The best way to apply wood ashes is on 

 top of the ground, and work them into 

 the soil before setting the plants. A 

 small amount of ashes would do no in- 

 jury to foliage; if applied when the plants 

 are dry the ashes would not adhere to the 

 leaves. 



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H. H. B., Garnett, Okla. Having had ample 

 moisture in this county the past year, my 

 strawberries have made a wonderful growth. 

 They have made a perfect mat over the whole 

 surface. I wish to take up several thousand 

 plants for spring setting. Will those do that 

 now cover the walks or spaces between rows? 



2. In this latitude it does not freeze very 

 deeply. I have covered plants very lightly 

 with short, chaffy wheat straw. Shall I rake 

 this off or let lay in spring? 



3. The plants in places are as thick as they 

 can possibly stand. How should I thin these 

 out so they will produce more abundantly? 



4. I live twenty miles from a good market. 

 Can I get them there in good shape in a 

 spring v^agon? 



It is not a good plan to take strawberry 

 plants from the alleys of the fruit bed, be- 

 cause by so doing this would give merely 



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