SMALL FRUITS AND SMALL GARDENS 



obtain large, highly flavored fruit, pinch off the runners as fast as 

 they appear, repeating the operation as often as necessary during 



the growing season. In the meantime, the ground 

 The Strawberry should be frequently stirred. Where winter weather 



is severe, a covering of leaves, straw, or other litter 

 is necessary. It should be placed over the plants as soon as the ground 

 freezes and should be removed in the spring as soon as the plants begin 

 to grow. Before the plants begin to ripen, the ground should be 

 mulched with straw to keep the fruit clean and to prevent the ground 

 from baking. A well-managed bed should give two full crops and 

 should then be turned under, a new one having been prepared in the 

 meantime to take its place. 



The strawberry shows remarkable power to keep pace 

 Smal™FruM:s'^™^ ^''^^ ^^^ human family and adapts itself to human 



needs and moods in wonderful ways. Its latest 

 adaptation is that of autumn-bearing, and he who will may have 

 strawberries in September and October, as well as June and July. 

 Autumn-bearing strawberries are planted and cared for as are ordinary 

 sorts, with the exception that the blossoms that come in the spring 

 must be removed, and, at the beginning of autumn weather, the plants 

 must be stimulated into rapid growth by cultivation or irrigation. 



A few sorts of raspberries bear a crop in the fall. The best of 

 these is Ranere or St. Regis. The cultivator can do little to improve 

 the fall-bearing habit — the variety, not the treatment, is the thing. 



— and when they are old and laden with fruit you will be rewarded 



