THE STRAWBERRY AUGUST 1907 



work down in the crown, hidden away in 

 such a manner that it is almost impossible 

 to reach them with the spray material, and 

 the kerosene emulsion only kills such lice 

 as it comes in contact with. The best 

 preventative against lice and all other in- 

 sects is the burning over of the bed :ifter 

 fruiting season. Clean cultivation is also 

 very important. Always avoid taking 

 plants from infested beds. 



R. H. S., South Harv\ich, Mass. I run a steam 

 plant using soft coal and from time to time 

 scatter some of the soft coal ashes over the 

 droppings in the poultry houses. Is this det- 

 rimental to the droppings as a fretilizer on 

 stravvberrv plants. 



Coal ashes contain very little available 

 plant food. 1 heir principal advantage is 

 in the fact that they have a tendency to 

 loosen neav y clay soil, but there is not 

 enough plant food in soft coal ashes to 

 justify the use of them for any other pur- 

 pose more than that above mentioned. 

 If you can get dry dust or land plaster 

 either will absorb and hold the nitrogen 

 while aslies of any kind tend to set the 

 nitrogen free. 



P. A. A., Grand Mound, Iowa. In layering 

 runners when one is found to have taken root 

 in a wrong place, should it be lifted out and 

 reset, or would it be better to remove it and 

 layer one that has no roots.' 



2. What should be done to srow a few extra 

 large berries for exhibition purposes.' I have 

 theWm. Belt, Pride of Michigan and Senator 

 Dunlap to work with, on a slightly sandy 

 loam which is probably not any too rich. 

 Would removing all but a few berries on each 

 plant make them grow larger? 



3. Although many berries died on the vines, 

 which I think was caused by five days of rainy 

 and sultry weather at the beginning of picking 

 (am I right.'), I still had a good crop of very 

 large berries that sold at two and one-half 

 cents per quart above local market, and at 

 that price my berries sold first. When I 

 brought in my first crates of berries remarks 

 could be heard all around such as, "Gee! what 

 whoppers! Say, aren't those beauties! Never 

 saw such berries in my life. How do you 

 grow such line berries.'" My answer would 

 invariably be, By setting good plants and 

 cultivating them in an up-to-date way. Just 

 as much difference between my strawberry 

 patch and the average patch as there is be- 

 tween those berries and the average berry. 



If a strong runner plant has taken root 

 to one side of the row, it is best to take it 

 up and layer it where you want it. 



2. The Pride of Michigan and Wm. 

 Belt varieties will grow large showy ber- 

 ries without much e.xtra work. In grow- 

 ing exhibition berries some growers cover 

 the vines with cheese-cloth during the 

 heat of the day. The time to do this is 

 when berries are about half-grown, and 



they should be covered every day the sun 

 shines until the berries are ripe. Thinning 

 the berries a dozen or fifteen to each plant 

 will help to increase their size. 



3. A large amount of rain and hot 

 sun during the ripening period will some- 

 times cause berries to rot and die on the 

 vines. We are pleased to learn that you 

 have had such a good crop of berries and 

 that you have received big prices for them. 

 Your answer to those inquiries as to how 

 you got such big berries was a good rne. 

 It certainly does pay to set well-developed 

 plants and give them good care. 



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A HDISON GREENLEE, of Sandy 

 ^*- Lake, Pa., writes us under date of 

 July 23, 1907: "I will give you a sketch 

 of my experience with the plants I set in 

 May, 1906. June 27 last the big red 

 fellows began to come in a way that sur- 

 prised all of us, and the season lasted until 

 July 19. During this time we were busy 

 night and day. My patch consisted of 

 59 X 280 feet, and we picked 2,003 quarts 

 of berries from it. We followed instruc- 

 tions given by The Strawberry, and we 

 know now that it is all right. We burned 

 the patch and got it plowed and at this writ- 

 ing it looks as if we would not see a plant 

 again." It does take some faith to burn 

 over a patch that yielded so finely, but it 

 is the sort of faith that always pays. 



'T'HE summer meeting of the Wiscon- 

 •* sin State Horticultural Society will be 

 held at Shiocton, August 28, and promises 

 to be of exceptional interest. The Straw- 

 berry urges all its readers who are inter- 

 ested in the progress of small fruits or in 

 horticulture in general to attend such 

 gatherings as this whenever opportunity 

 presents itself. The experiences of suc- 

 cessful growers is one of the most valu- 

 able aids to others, and association with 

 horticulturists always is a source of delight 

 and edification. 



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