32 Strawberry-Growing 



northern growers frequently set double rows ; the plants 

 are ten to fifteen inches apart in the row and the twin 

 rows twelve to fifteen inches apart. An interval of 

 twenty-four inches is left between each pair of rows. 

 The plants are kept in hills. 



In Florida and those sections of the Gulf states where 

 strawberries are grown in hills, there has been a decided 

 drift recently towards horse tillage, with a consequent 

 widening of the space between rows. Those who prac- 

 tice hand tillage set the rows eighteen to twenty-four 

 inches apart, with plants eight to fifteen inches apart iu 

 the row. Some prefer double rows ; the plants are ten 

 to fourteen inches apart in the row, and the interval 

 between the sets of rows is about eighteen inches. The 

 double row is more economical of mulching material and 

 there is less likelihood that drifting rains will throw sand 

 upon the plants. Those who use horse tillage, space 

 the rows three to three and one-half feet apart, with 

 plants ten to fourteen inches distant in the row, whether 

 there is a single row on each drainage ridge, or several 

 rows. Near Starke, strawberries are set on narrow beds 

 holding two rows eighteen inches apart, with the plants 

 four to six inches apart in rows. In Texas under hill 

 culture, plants are set eighteen to twenty-four inches 

 apart, either on single row ridges, which are eighteen 

 inches apart, or on double row ridges, which are three 

 feet apart. Where the narrow matted row is used, the 

 distance between rows is commonly three to three and a 

 half feet, with plants twelve to twenty-four inches apart 

 in the row. 



The interval between plants is shorter in southern Cali- 

 fornia than in any other part of the continent. Near 

 Los Angeles, plants sometimes are set in double rows, six 



