STRAWBERRY— PLANTING 



1919 



like a fan, as shown in the illustration 

 (Fig. 6). The soil should be pressed 

 firmly against the roots of the plant. 

 Fig. 6, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 show the proper 

 and improper methods of setting. No. 1 

 represents the proper way of setting the 





Fig. 6. Showing Proper and Improper Method 

 of Setting. 



plant, as the roots are well spread out 

 and the crown placed just at the surface 

 of the soil. No. 2 represents too shallow 

 planting. In this case the crown is ex- 

 posed much more than is necessary and 

 the result will be more or less drying 

 out. No. 3 shows the opposite extreme. 

 The crown of the plant is set too deep 

 and there is danger of the bud not push- 

 ing itself through the soil. No. 4 also 

 shows careless planting, as the roots are 



bunched entirely too much. Many plants 

 are lost annually by careless planting. 



Systems of Planting 



The Hill System. This system consists 

 of growing the single plants in rows. No 

 runners are allowed to form, and in this 

 way the full strength of development 

 is thrown into the plant. This causes the 

 plant to stool out and develop additional 

 crowns, which tend to produce fruit 

 stems. If planted on the square three 

 feet apart, the grower is enabled to work 

 the soil both ways, thus eliminating hand 

 cultivation. As some growers prefer to 

 cultivate only one way, the rows should 

 be two and a half to three feet apart 

 and the plants from 12 to 18 inches apart 

 in the row. Larger berries are grown 

 by this system than the others. The 

 following illustration shows this method 

 of planting. 



The Single Hedge Row. In this system 

 enough runner plants are allowed to grow 

 and form a continuous row. The usual 

 method followed is to allow each mother 

 plant to set two runners as shown in the 

 illustration. The first runners develop- 

 ed are turned into the row and held in 



Fig. 7. Hill System. 



Fig. 8. Single Hedge Row. 



