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Table XIII — Effect of fertilizers on the stand in a matted row strawberry 'plantation 



ment not greatly different from that used on Plot 4 the opposite result 

 is obtained. It is believed that these variations, although relatively 

 large, are merely due to coincidence and that the lime is without effect. 

 The same statements apply to the effect of lime on the number of new 

 plants produced from each living mother plant. 



One of the notable effects of the chemical fertilizer was a very strik- 

 ing increase in Plots 4 and 6 in the mortality of the plants set out. 

 This was particularly striking to one observing the margins of these 

 plots which were clearly defined by the raggedness of the stand as 

 compared to the plots on either side. 



The stand in each of the three plots receiving no chemicals is very 

 uniformly a little above 80 per cent. In Plots 2 and 3 there appears to 

 be some reduction in number of plants surviving, but the reduction is 

 not as great as might be expected considering the results on Plots 4 

 and 6. This may be due to the smaller quantity of chemicals in the 

 case of Plot 2, but is more difficult to explain in the case of Plot 3, 

 which receives no stable manure but has had green manure turned 

 under whenever there has been an opportunity in the past eight years. 

 It is believed, however, that the amount of organic matter in the soil 

 in Plot 3 is much less than that now in*esent in the soil of any of the 

 other plots except 5 and 7. No adequate explanation can be given for 

 the results obtained in Plot 3. 



In the number of new runner plants arising from each mother plant 

 the results show a marked benefit from the application of the stable 

 manure. In fact, the differences between the check and the plots re- 

 ceiving stable manure in number of new plants formed, are in each 



