THE STRAWBERRY OCTOBER 1907 



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PRINCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 



DEPARTMENT 65, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



of the crop. As we have said many times 

 before, the only time to use nitrate of soda 

 is in the spring just as growth starts and 

 again just before buds open. The first 

 apphcation will last the plants until the 

 second is dissolved, and thus they will be 

 carried through the fruiting period. 



2. In this connection we might say 

 that lime does stimulate soil action and 

 thus tends to deplete the soil of its plant 

 food. Repeated applications of lime, 

 therefore, eventually will exhaust the soil. 

 It may be that those who have spoken of 

 the exhausting nature of nitrate of soda 

 confused lime with the nitrates. 



C. G., Honeoye, N. V. Is sawdust good to 

 mulch strawberries; or wonid it be good to 

 put on in the spring to conserve moisture 

 through the picking season? 



Sawdust is not good as a mulch, but 

 will give the one who uses it a great deal 

 of trouble. Sawdust has no business in 

 the strawberry field whatever, and should 

 never be used there. 



M. M. P., Alton, N. H. What shall I ilo 

 with land that is possessed by sorrel? 



Persistent and thorough culti\ation is 

 about the only remedy for this pest. Keep 



the soil constantly stirred up and you will 

 discourage its growth entirely. As sorrel 

 in the soil is an indication of sourness, the 

 working in of about seventy-five bushels 

 of wood ashes lo the acre will assist, in 

 connection with thorough cultural meth- 

 ods, to rid the soil of the pest. 



A. D., Westford, Mass. I have a piece of new 

 low land which was in po'.atoes last year and 

 in green oats now; would it be a good plan to 

 plow it under this fall, sow it to rye, replow it 

 next spring and set it to strawberries? The 

 soil is light, sandy and frosty. What ferti- 

 lizer would you advise if barnyard manure is 

 not obtainable? 



2. I picked 6.S tjuarts off 43 mother plants of 

 Aroma, but the fruit was uneven and the big 

 fellows were hollow; I would like to know 

 the cause and remedy. They were cultivated 

 in the narrow matted system. 



3. I have an extra early variety and a medium 

 variety of which the cones in the blossoms all 

 turned black and were a failure. 



4. I propose setting more Aromas next 

 spring, but I would like to give them a mate 

 to see if it would give them more uniformity, 

 but I am at a loss to know what variety or 

 varieties to use. 



Plow the oat stubble under this fall and 

 sow the rye the first part of October, and 

 if manure cannot be secured, we would 



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recommend a commercial fertilizer analyz- 

 ing nitrogen 3 per cent, potassium 9 per 

 cent and phosphorus 7 per cent. Any 

 company putting up fertilizers will prepare 

 you a brand containing elements named 

 in these proportions. The proper time to 

 apply a commercial fertilizer is in the 

 spring after the rye has been turned un- 

 der; and be sure and work it thoroughly 

 into the soil before setting the plants. 



2. We presume that you have had 

 quite a little rainfall during the ripening 

 of your berries; this in connection with 

 cool weather would cause the berries to 

 grow so rapidly as to make the center 

 hollow. 



3. Frost at blooming time will cause 

 the center cones to turn black and will 

 prevent them from maturing berries. It 

 is quite likely that this is the cause of 

 your trouble. 



4. We are well satisfied that it pays 

 to mate bisexuals the same as pistillates. 

 Of course, all bisexuals will produce a 

 good crop when set alone, but the time 

 has come when strawberry growers are not 

 satisfied with a good crop; they insist on 

 having the biggest crop of fancy berries 

 that possibly can be grown. In mating 

 Aroma use any of the following bisexuals: 

 Pride of Michigan, Dornan, Marshall or 

 Stevens" Late Champion. Any varieties 

 we have named will give excellent results 

 in the system you propose to follow. 



