30 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
astic advocates of fall planting, especially 
among those who combine strawberry grow- 
ing with the trucking business on expensive 
lands near the large cities. 
In the Atlantic Coast States south of New 
York, August and September planting is 
most extensively practised, particularly upon 
the more retentive soils. In the trucking 
region on the islands about Charleston, S. C., 
spring planting is practised, as it results in 
a paying crop the following year, while 
only a small crop can be harvested from fall- 
set plants. On these quick soils, the plant 
can be grown as an annual; and farther 
south, in Georgia and Florida, the fall-set 
plants will return a profitable crop the fol- 
lowing spring. On the heavier soils of South 
Carolina, however, fall planting, with the 
paying crop one year from the following 
spring, is the most profitable method. 
WATERING 
After the plants are properly set it is 
often necessary to water them, particularly if 
the soil is quite dry when the plants are set. 
This may be done by using watering pots, 
‘ by the use of a spray machine, by irrigation 
