DISTANCE APART. 



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Another lesson which ought to be well studied is 

 the importance of obtaining strong plants from the 

 early runners, as advised by Mr. Adams and Dr. Stay- 

 man. Some varieties, like the Gandy, bear scarcely 

 any fruit at all on feeble plants, while on the early 

 started strong ones, they yield quite well. Many have 

 discarded this splendid berry, because supposed to be 

 a poor yielder, when the whole trouble is as indicated 

 above. I would say, set your plants in rows four feet 

 apart ; place the plants two feet apart in the rows, and 

 let the rows run both ways, so the cultivator can run 

 both ways until July ; then spot the runners eight 

 inches apart, as they form over a space thirty inches 

 wide, and cut off every supernumerary runner after 

 the ground is filled. 



