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in autumn. The roots are cut into pieces three or four 

 inches long and stored for the winter in sand or moss in a 

 cellar. 



PLANTING 



The general discussion regarding soil preparation and 

 methods of planting need not be here repeated. The time 

 of planting may vary, as above mentioned, depending 

 on circumstances, but early spring or early autumn are 

 generally to be preferred. The plants, whenever they are 

 moved, should be carefully lifted from the soil, so as to 

 carry with them some portion of the horizontal root from 

 which they sprang. Without care in this regard many will 

 be broken off at the point of union with the parent root. 

 Such plants have so few lateral roots that they make a 

 poor start. 



Rows are commonly placed six feet apart, with the 

 plants about three feet apart in the row. Some growers 

 prefer a wider space than this, especially with vigorous 

 varieties, on strong soil. As the plantation grows older 

 the hedge-row widens and sometimes leaves too little 

 room for cultivation and picking. If planted in check- 

 rows, to be cultivated both ways, five feet apart each 

 way is a good distance. A filler system has been sug- 

 gested, where it is feasible to check-row and cultivate both 

 ways. The idea is to set the plants twice as thick in one 

 direction as they are to eventually remain, then tear out 

 every other clump after two crops have been borne and 

 cultivate both ways. The advantage would be a more 

 complete utilization of the land at the beginning. The 

 suckering habit of the true reds tends to develop a hedge- 



