28 BIGGI,E BERRY BOOK. 



For summer planting take up the plants with dirt 

 adhering. 



To grow strawberries successfully, beginners should 

 order their plants very early in the spring. If a 

 dozen, thirty or a hundred only are wanted, they can 

 be sent by mail free of cost. Five hundred, or more, 

 should go by express. If ordered early in April the 

 nurserymen will send them as soon as the ground 

 is fit to plant them. 



When plants are received by mail or express 

 from a distance they should be opened at once and 

 the roots should' be dipped in water. If the ground is 

 not ready for them, break open the bunches, spread 

 out the roots, and pack them closely together, so it 

 will be impossible for the roots to dry out. 



GETTING ACQUAINTED 



