Contents 



XV 



CHAPTER XII 



PAGES 



Propagation and Renewal 226-248 



Layers or runners ...... 226-232 



Niirsery methods 226-227 



Home-grown plants 227-228 



Value of runners from the fruiting bed . 228 



Ratio of runner increase in different varieties 228-229 



Digging, packing and shipping . . . 229-232 



Other methods of propagation .... 233-236 



Potted plants 233-234 



Cuttings or summer bedding . . . 234r-235 



Seeds 235-236 



Division 236 



Age of the plantation 236-238 



Current practice in the North . . . 237 



In the South and West .... 237-238 



Factors that determine the life of a plantation . 238-242 



The location and its climate . . . 239 



Method of culture 239-240 



Method of training 240 



Variety 240-241 



Comparative cost of renewing and resetting . 241-242 



Renewal methods .....-• 242-248 



Mowing and burning 242-244 



Reducing the number of plants . . . 244r-246 



Renewing hiUs and hedge-rows . . . 246-247 



Carrying plants over the summer in the South 247-248 



CHAPTER XIII 



BVEEBEABINQ VARIETIES, FORCING AND OtHER 



Special Methods of Culture 

 Culture of the everbearers 



Removing the blossoms 



Harvesting and marketing 



Commercial value 

 Culture of the Alpine . 

 Fall crops and double croppers 



249-267 

 ?49-253 

 249-250 

 250-251 

 252-253 

 254^-255 

 255-256 



