INSTRUCTION'S 



PROCURING AND PLANTING SEEDS, CUTTINGS, PLANTS AND TREES, INCLUD- 

 ING SMALL FRUITS, PLANTS AND VINES, AND ORCHARD TREES. 



This Manual is issued by the State Horticultural Society for the benefit of 

 those having but little experience as to the best methods of propagating, 

 handling and setting trees. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



The preparation of the ground for strawberries should be made by deep 

 plowing and thorough pulverizing, and it should be sufficiently rich to pro- 

 duce a heavy crop of corn. The plants may be put out in September, or 

 early spring, aud if for field culture, in rows four feet apart, with plants one 

 foot apart in the row ; if for garden and home culture, the rows two feet 

 apart. If put out in the fall they should be mulched with coarse litter to 

 prevent winter-killing. In large plantations they may be tilled with a strad- 

 dle-row cultivator, the same as corn, and they should have a plowing every 

 week or ten days during the first part of the season, and the plants may be 

 allowed to spread until they occupy the space of one foot in the row. They 

 should be mulched at the beginning of the winter with some material that 

 is free from seeds, such as corn or sorghum stalks, prairie hay or coarse 

 straw. The mulch, after the frost is out of the ground, is to be raked be- 

 tween the rows to retain the moisture in the ground, and afford a clean path 

 on which to do the picking, and to enrich the ground by its decay. 



When the plantation is to be renewed, which should be done every fourth 

 year, plow the ground between the rows, set out the plants therein and then 

 plow up and cultivate the old row. 



For varieties, select from the list recommended by the State Horticultural 

 Society. Strawberries thrive best in moist soils, if well drained, and they 

 flourish better in a wet than in a dry season. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The preparation of ground should be the same as for strawberries, the 

 rows to be from five to seven feet apart, depending on the length the canes 



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