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is the best time for planting, as the plants are dormant 

 the weather is generally moist and cool, and roots are 

 formed more quickly than later. They may, however, 

 be set at any time from April to September with some 

 degree of success. 



Methods of Planting. 



Three methods of planting are practised, the hill, the 

 hedge-row, and the matted-row systems. In the hill 





FIG. 74 Strawberry Plants in Hills. 



system (Fig. 74) as many plants as it is desired to fruit 

 are planted and all runners are kept cut off as fast as 

 they start until at the end of the season we have large 

 plants (stools), with a great many crown buds which 

 under favorable conditions will produce a large number 

 of berries per plant. The plants are generally set in 

 rows two and one-half to three feet apart and eighteen 

 inches in the row. By this method the labor of keeping 

 the runners cut off is great, but as no runners interfere the 



