THE STRAWBERRY SEPTEMBER 1907 



grow as large under this system as under 

 the single-hedge row, and a larger num- 

 ber are produced. 



2. It grows a heavier root system and 

 is more easily handled under varying 

 weather conditions. 



3. Yes. 



4. From twenty-five up, depending 

 on soil and weather conditions. 



5. Black, moist land, full of humus 

 and capable of large crop production. 



6. Ten tons. 



7. Yes. 



8. None; the stable manure will re- 

 quire no addition in the way of chicken 

 droppings. 



9. Muck will be all right treated as 

 you describe. Put on sufficient to cover 

 one inch deep. 



10. If your soil is poor 1,000 pounds 

 may be applied. 



11. Fifteen to eighteen inches apart. 

 Use medium-size potatoes; two bushels 

 to the acre, cut into pieces about the size 

 of a hulled walnut. 



12. Not less than 400 bushels to the 

 acre. Leave in ground until ready for 

 market. 



13. We do not hill, but grow by the 

 level method, which is altogether the bet- 

 ter way. 



14. No. 



J. M., Gallon, Ohio. I have some fine plants 

 set in August, 1905 of the Miller, Dunlap 

 and Sample. They bore a few berries last 

 spring. Would you advise setting plants 

 from them? 



2. My berries this year towards the last were 

 a little soft. I lay it to top-dressing in August; 

 then I cultivated and mulched with straw. 

 Do you think it was on account of too much 

 manure? 



3. Has nitrate of soda a tendency to harden 

 the berry when used in spring? 



4. Would it be advisable to give cultivation 

 in spring and then spread the mulch? 



5. Would fertilizer be any good plowed in 

 between rows in the spring? 



6. Would nitrate of soda, wood ashes and 

 bone meal make a good fertilizer for my bed? 



7. How about using the liquid manure from 

 the barnyard? 



It would hardly be advisable for you to 

 take plants from your Miller, Dunlap and 

 Sample, that bore a light crop of fruit, as 

 there would be some danger of the run- 

 ner plants being weakened. 



2. Too much nitrogenous manure will 

 cause strawberries to be soft, and salvy. 

 Sometimes weather conditions will have 

 an influence upon the texture of the ber- 

 ries, as large quantities of rain often will 

 make the berries soft. 



3. Nitrate of soda will produce a large 

 vegetative growth, and will make berries 

 develop to larger size, but it will not make 

 them firmer. Potash aids wonderfully in 

 giving the berries a firm texture, as well 

 as color. If your soil is sandy loam, fifty 



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bushels of wood ashes scattered over the 

 ground and thoroughly worked into the 

 ground before plants are set, will assist in 

 getting firmer berries and of better color. 



4. The principal objection to applying 

 mulching in the spring is the fact that it 

 is almost impossible to get the mulching 

 under the foliage so that the berries will 

 ripen upon it. When the mulching is 

 applied in the early winter, it settles down 

 all around the foliage and when the mulch 

 is opened up for the plants to come through, 

 they will spread over this mulching, mak- 

 ing it possible for the berries to ripen on 

 a clean carpet of mulching. If you wish 

 to cultivate the fruit, after parting the 

 mulching from over the rows, also rake 

 the mulch between the rows up close to 

 the plants and cultivate the bare space. 

 After several cultivations the mulching 

 can be drawn back to its proper place. 

 You can continue cultivation through the 

 entire fruiting season if you wish. 



5. If you can get a fertilizer that will 

 become available quickly, it will be all 

 right to cultivate it in between the rows 

 before the buds open. Nitrate of soda 

 would be about the best fertilizer you 

 could use on the fruiting bed in the spring 

 before plants fruit. 



6. It would depend somewhat upon 

 the condition of your soil to determine 

 whether or not nitrate of soda, wood ashes 

 and bone meal would be the most profit- 

 able for you to use. If your soil has in it 

 a liberal amount of vegetable matter, such 

 as cow peas or coarse stable manure would 

 produce, then the wood ashes could be 

 applied on top of the plowed surface at 

 the rate of fifty bushels to the acre, and 

 bone meal at the rate of 300 pounds to 

 the acre. Both of these ingredients should 

 be thoroughly worked into the soil before 

 plants are set. After plants start growing 

 you may sprinkle a very small amount of 

 nitrate of soda in all the rows. The fol- 

 lowing spring before fruiting season 100 

 pounds more of nitrate of soda could be 

 used to the acre, 



7. Liquid manure can be profitably 

 used if your soil is deficient in nitrogen, 

 but we wish to caution you against pour- 

 ing it around the plants when the ground 

 is dry. Liquid manure should always be 

 applied around plants after a rain, when 



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 correct in preparing your soil a year in 

 advance of setting it to strawberries. 



A. L. W. , Dufur, Ore. Will you kindly pub- 

 lish what would be a good variety to mate 

 with Clark's Seedling? It is the leading berry 

 here. We would have something fine and 

 dark colored. 



Clark's Seedling is a strong bisexual, 

 and requires no mate; yet we know the ex- 

 change of pollen between bisexuals when 

 set near each other encourages the develop- 

 ment of more and better fruit, we would 

 suggest that such a strong pollenizer of 

 the same season as Hummer or Senator 

 Dunlap or Parsons' Beauty, set with 



