CHAPTER VIII. 



SUMMER PLANTING. 

 Have had good success in August. A.NDREW WILSON. 



So much has been said against the transplanting of 

 strawberries at any season than spring, says 

 Mr. Adams, that I purpose to show a more per- 

 fect way for many people, if not for all, and to remove 

 from farmers especially their threadbare maxim that 

 " It's cheaper to buy than to bother to grow 'em." 



If a person wishes to begin or to try new varieties, 

 it is advisable for him to get his plants as early in the 

 spring as it will be safe to sow early pea seed, and 

 plant them in a row where they will have room to 

 make runners. When the blossoms appear they should 

 all be removed. The ground about the plants should 

 be kept mellow by that best single tool a fine tooth 

 wooden rake. Bncourage early runners to take root 

 by fastening them to the ground with hooks or stones 

 or clods of earth, that they may not blow about. 



As early in August as strong young plants can be 

 had, without destroying too many younger runners 

 not yet rooted on a belt of land which you are sup- 

 posed to have already prepared by deep plowing and 

 enriching, draw a heavy line where you wish to plant 

 the first row. With a flat wheel or with a common 

 hoe you can press this line into the soil, when it can 

 be removed altogether. By this j j j j | i i 

 simple method your rows will be 

 perfectly straight. 



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