SUCCESS WITH SMALL FRUITS— STRAWBERRIES 



Time for 

 Planting 



plants, about 300 pounds an acre. The setting will generally be 

 made in spring, and little fruit, or better none, will be had that 

 spring. But, after the blooming and fruiting season, when the 

 runners are starting freely, apply 700 pounds an acre between 

 the rows and cultivate it in well, keeping the runners well trailed 

 in along the rows, and the result will be an extra-strong growth 

 for the fruiting season. The fish scrap in the above formula can 

 be replaced by either cotton-seed meal or tankage, where these are 

 more conveniently had. 



While in the South late fall planting is general, there 

 is no doubt that for the greatest part of the country, 

 spring planting should be the rule. In the Middle 

 States and northward, hardly any other time is considered by the 

 best growers for planting. The planting should be as early in spring 

 as the soil can be worked in good condition, for the plants will always 

 do better if set before they have started much new growth. It is 

 not practicable always and in every section to do this, but the earlier 

 they can be set the better they will grow that season, and in every 

 section the planting should be done as fast as spring advances 

 northward. 



Handling When plants are received from a distance they should 

 the Plants be 'unpacked at once, and not left in the boxes as 

 planting proceeds. Take the bunches out and make 

 a trench and place them in it so that the roots can be at once covered 

 with soil. This is especially important when a large quantity of 

 plants are received, as they will keep in good condition heeled-in 

 in this way while the planting proceeds. In heeling-in a large quantity 



This picture shows two plants of the same variety. Some growers 

 charge more for plants than others. There is a reason. 



