98 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
Second: Plants are selected in the old bed, 
generally those that have marked ability as 
to productiveness and heathfulness. This 
system is quite similar to the first method, 
but saves time and labour as the plants are 
not transplanted. The same afterwork for 
both systems follows: 
Underneath the joint of the runner, 
where the new plant will be formed, three or 
four inch pots, filled with good soil, are buried 
to the rim and a little soil is placed on the 
runner, both to keep it in place and to help 
start the new plant. After the leaves have 
formed and the roots have developed so that 
the plant may be independent of the parent, 
the runner is severed and the pot is either 
taken to a coldframe or it is placed where 
good care, and especially water, can be 
given. Sometimes it is either planted in the 
fall or directly in the bed after the old bed is 
turned under, where it is allowed to produce 
fruit the next spring. Other times it is carried 
along in the pot for winter forcing in the 
greenhouse as is later described. 
For methods one and two, provided manure 
is not available, 800 to 1,000 pounds of any 
of the complete artificial fertilizers can be 
