CHAPTER XII 
STRAWBERRIES FOR THE HoME 
THE home grower of strawberries has the 
greatest opportunity in the world for pro- 
ducing the largest size berries, the highest 
quality of fruit, and the greatest quantity 
per square foot, as each inch of the neces- 
sarily small patch can be, and should be, un- 
der his control. 
The home grower will find even in the 
small patch of soil that could be devoted 
to strawberry raising some spots that re- 
spond more willingly to very successful 
production of this luscious fruit. Therefore, 
he can in a limited way have some choice of 
site for the bed. Many times it is possible 
to make a very fine bed out of an unfavour- 
able location, particularly so if artificial 
methods of irrigation, drainage, supplying 
humus, and other accessories are installed. 
Generally speaking, the proposed bed can 
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