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in June, just when the strawberry is swelling and 
ripening. If possible, have the bed where the irri- 
gation will be easily achieved. Carrying pipes 
from your reservoir or well, it is not a difficult mat- 
ter to flood a small bed between the rows, thor- 
oughly soaking the roots. 
Most of us find it inconvenient to grow straw- 
berries in hills, which, after all, is the ideal plan for 
most varieties. Some of the best varieties are use- 
less with any other method of growing. If grown 
in hills we must keep all runners from getting a 
start, and the tilth must be very clean. Some vari- 
eties will make hills as large as a peck measure, and 
will give proportionately large crops. The usual 
culture is in rows, and this I recommend for nearly 
all who are not professionals. In planting have 
your rows four feet apart, and set your plants one 
foot apart in the row. When the runners start, 
your first attention must be to see that they run 
mainly in the row, instead of starting off across the 
intermediate pathway. If set in the spring, the 
matted row will be quite complete by fall. If we 
set in the summer there should still be considerable 
growth made, and something of a row established 
by November. I prefer spring planting, provided 
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