106 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
sometimes twelve weeks passing before ripe 
strawberries are ready, variation in the time 
being due principally to different conditions 
of sunlight and temperature. If ripe straw- 
berries are desired in January, then the plant 
must be started early in November. 
When the plants are brought under the 
forcing process in the houses, the tempera- 
ture for the first two or three days should be 
held at 35 degrees, day and night. After 
this time slightly higher temperature may be 
given, or the pots may be changed to another 
house. At the end of the first week 45 de- 
grees should be registered. The second week- 
end 10 to 15 degrees higher in the daytime is 
required, with a night temperature of not 
less than 50 degrees. After this slightly 
higher day temperature may be given, 75 
to 80 degrees, with 55 to 60 degrees at night. 
The pots may be set on shelves or any 
convenient place in the house, nearer the 
glass in darker houses with less attention as 
to nearness of glass in the so-called “day- 
light” houses. If the pots are to be placed 
on the benches, they may be plunged to near 
the rim, in either spent tan bark or coal 
ashes, as these materials will give good drain- 
