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to increase your plants, too, if you find that you 

 have more space than you expected. I work my 

 strawberries thus: 



I set out a bed every year, and leave it for two 

 years the first year as individual plants from 

 which I get quality, the second in solid rows, where 

 I get quantity. In this way I always have two 

 bearing beds. I would not advise anyone to prop- 

 agate his own plants continuously, however, unless 

 he has thoroughly up-to-date varieties, and even 

 then it is advisable to change the stock occasionally, 

 as strawberry plants can be bought too cheaply 

 to take any chances with poor varieties or worn- 

 out stock. Do not forget to mix the pistillate 

 and staminate flowering types. 



THE GROWING SEASON FOR FRUITS 



Don't Forget to Cultivate. The fruits need culti- 

 vation all the time until, perhaps, August. You 

 must remember that the first year is a hard time 

 for them, for they are trying to establish them- 

 selves under new conditions and every bit of help 

 you can give, counts. 



You will not have to prune during the summer 

 except, (i) to rub off undesirable shoots on the 

 dwarf trees, (2) to cut off excessive strawberry 

 runners and (3) remove the blossoms this year. 



You may decide to spray the brambles and cur- 

 rants as a preventive against the various rusts 

 and leaf diseases. Bordeaux mixture should be 

 used according to the formulae given in Chapter VII. 

 For caterpillars that eat the leaves use hellebore 



