24 The Tingle Nursery Co., Pittsville, Md. 



FERTILIZING 



If you have barnyard manure, well rotted, this is 

 very good and there is probably nothing better to in- 

 sure you a big crop of berries. Spread it on the ground 

 and plow or disc it in. If you do not have barnyard 

 manure commercial fertilizer can be used with very 

 satisfactory results. 400 pounds of dissolved bone and 

 100 pounds of acio! phosphate per acre drilled in about 

 a week or two before setting the plants or it may be 

 used alongside the plants after setting and cultivated 

 or hoed in will give excellent results. Do not let the 

 plants come in contact with the fertilizer as it is likely 

 to kill or scorch them. Another application of from 

 400 to 500 pounds per acre as a top dressing in August 

 or September or early in the spring before growth 

 starts of a mixture containing from four to seven per- 

 cent nitrogen and from five to ten percent phosphoric 

 acid, with little or no potash. We believe late summer 

 is the best time, for if applied then you will have strong- 

 er and more vigorous plants, as it requires strong 

 plants to produce large, fancy berries. All fertilizer 

 should be brushed off the leaves immediately after 

 putting on and never use fertilizer when the plants are 

 wet. Doing so will scorch or burn the foliage. 



MULCHING 



Mulching is a wonderful way to protect the plants 

 from freezing, and thawing of the soil in winter, to 

 preserve moisture during a dry fruiting season, and to 

 keep the berries from being spattered with dirt during 

 a rain. Use straw, coarse manure or similar material, 

 apply in the fall and in the spring when growth starts, 

 rake off the beds into the center of the row where it 

 also serves the purpose of retarding the growth of weeds 

 and also makes picking easier. 



GROW EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES 



Be sure to include some of the everbearers in your 

 order. You can have berries for your own use all sum- 

 mer and sell your neighbors enough to pay all costs of 

 growing them. There has always been a good local 

 demand for these berries. 



FULL-OF-LIFE PLANTS 



Our strawberry plants are taken from young beds, 

 fresh dug before shipment, plants are well rooted and 

 not dug from old or run down beds. These plants are 

 from beds that have never borne a crop and will bring 

 the best results. They are carefully packed in damp 

 moss in well ventilated crates and will reach you in good 

 condition. Read the letters from our customers who 

 have used our plants. If you want to write any of them 

 we will gladly send their full address on request. Our 

 plants have pleased others and we believe they will 

 satisfy you too. Let us supply you this season. 



Ohio, May 2, 1935. Please ship 50 more Boxwood. I 

 just received the ones I ordered last week; they are very 

 nice plants and am well plased with them. 



W. E. Fisher, Supt. "Hillbrook." 



