Taking Care of the Strawberry Patch — By w. w. Garrison, jx 



AS SOON AS THE FRUITING SEASON IS OVER IS THE TIME TO BEGIN LOOKING TO PLANT 

 MAKING FOR THE NEW PLOTS — WHAT A MARKET GROWER DOES FOR MONEY CROPS 



VX7'HEN digging plants for setting I am always very careful to crop picked amounted to 5,124 quarts, which sold in New York 



" » use nothing but heavily rooted plants taken right out of the and Brooklyn markets, at wholesale, at an average of y^c. and 



row, throwing away all growth that is small and in any way inferior. 8c. per quart. 



I am a firm believer in the good results of plant selection. Received from commission merchants $396. g j 



I made returns that in com- ^m^^^^^^^^^^^^ MHWmI^^ ^^^^^^^^^^M just as soon as the frost is out 



parison With Crops in Other To have strawberries in perfection, they must be home-grown, allowed to Q r jL ground as the nearer 



£111 j .fro A ripen thoroughly on the plant and eaten while still fresh and firm. Pick giuuiiu. as ujc ncaici 



neiClS Snowed OVer $187 advan- with hull and stalk to avoid bruising. Some varieties color before they are ripe the plants are tO a dormant COn- 



tage. The ground was manured dition the easier they are to 



with stable manure broadcast before planting and 100 pounds of move. As soon as growth commences the foliage is drawn upon 

 nitrate of soda on March 29th. The first picking from this plot to produce new roots and blossoms; it is not practical to take up 

 was made on May 23rd, and sold at the flat rate of 13c. per quart; plants that have started new roots. 



the last picking on June nth, sold at 7c. per quart. The totai Many amateurs prefer fhe hill system of planting, setting the 



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