1932 



ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Mr. Kevitt's metliod is to set the plants 

 in beds 4 feet wide and 20 to 25 feet long, 

 five plants to the cross row, making a 

 plant occupy one square foot of ground. 

 Runners are not permitted to grow, so 

 that the whole strength of the plant is 

 thrown into the production of fruit Be- 

 tween these beds paths 18 inches wide are 

 run, and from these the picking is done, 

 necessitating a reach by the picker of two 



feet to the center row. This method of 

 setting requires 33,975 plants to the acre, 

 or 1,940 plants to each 25xl55rfoot bed. In 

 this way plants do not choke each other, 

 nor do runners sap the strength of the 

 plant, which is allowed to develop a 

 strong root and crown. Plants, instead of 

 running out in two or three years, will 

 yield good crops for eight to ten years, 

 according to the originator. 



STRAWBERRIES IN THE UNITED STATES 



The amount of acreage in the United States devoted to the growing of straw- 

 berries, as reported by the census of 1910, is as follows: 



Maryland, 14,292. 



Tennessee, 12.539. 



Missouri, 9 048. 



New Jersey, 8,684. 



Michigan, 8,051. 



Arkansas, 7,361. 



Delaware, 7,194. 



Virginia, 6,607. 



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New York, 6,382. 



Washington, 5,508. 



Illinois, 5,410. 



Ohio, 4,706. 



California, 4 585. 



Kentucky, 4,387. 



Pennsylvania, 4,136. 

 Louisiana, 3,587. 

 Oregon, 2,941. 



Iowa, 2,917. 



Wisconsin, 2,863. 

 Indiana, 2,574. 

 Texas, 2,161. 



Massachusetts, 2,015 



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 Minnesota, 1 8 73. 



Kansas, 1.71 9. 



Florida. 1,343. 



Alabama, 1,167. 



Connecticut, 938. 



Scale — 1 mm=l,000 acres. 



Georgia , 890, 



Oklaho ma, 825. 



South Carolina, 815. 



Missis sippi, 772. 



u xan, I xy . 



West Virginia, 709. 



Idaho, 698. 



Main e, 698. 



Neb raska, 562. 



South Dakota, 419. 



New Hampshire, 310. 



Rhode Island, 281. 



Vermont, 276. 



Montana, 265. 



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North Dakota, S3. 



New Mexico, 66. 



Arizona, 58. 



Wyoming, 24. 



Nevada, 5. 



North Carolina, 1. 



