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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1914 



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after making slight growth. Root lice and white 

 grubs killed about a dozen. Most of the others, 

 though, just slowly withered away during the sum- 

 mer, and examinations of their roots and crowns 

 showed no visible cause of their death. By autumn 

 less than half the 269 were alive and only part of 

 them were thrifty. 



When the ground froze I covered the patch with 

 straw, but imagine my disappointment the next 

 spring when I found only forty-eight plants had 

 lived through the winter. I confess I was disgusted 

 with even the survivors when they did not put out a 

 single blossom in May. But I raked off the mulch 

 and burned it, having decided to give those that 

 were left one more chance. 



Soon after the fruitless season was passed the 

 survivors started growing rapidly. I allowed them 



22 Ft.. 





In June, 1912, the patch produced 128 quarts of berries 



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The patch in October, 1912, after the plants had been 

 thinned and transplanted 



to put out as many runners as they wanted to and 

 I let the runners become rooted wherever they could. 



By midsummer the growth had become so luxur- 

 iant that I relented from my determination to give 

 little aid; I even helped by setting runners, culti 

 vating, and by fertilizing the patch with horse 

 manure in October. By that time the young 

 plants had spread over almost all of the plot. 

 That winter I protected the bed with leaves, lawn 

 clippings, and corn stalks. 



Growth started vigorously the next spring and 

 mid-May found the patch white with blossoms. 

 The first ripe fruit was picked May 29th; the last 

 June 28th. And so fast did the berries ripen that 

 picking was necessary almost every day. The crop 

 consisted of 1 28 quarts of delicious fruit, a yield that 

 was at the rate of 12,800 quarts to the acre, or a 

 quart for each 1.9 square feet of ground, part of 

 which bore nothing. 



When bearing had ceased I mowed off the tops, 

 raked away leaves and mulch and destroyed them. 



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