TRUE-TO-NAME SMALL FRUIT PLANTS 



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CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 



(Continued) 



money in the marets. We recommend 

 the hill system, as so many of our cus- 

 t.omers have reported such large yields 

 from their fields. 



SINGLE HEDGE ROWS.— Mark rows 

 thirty inches one way, and set plants 

 twenty inches apart and allow each 

 plant to make about two to four plants. 

 Some very fine berries can be grown 

 this way. 



DOUBLE HEDGE ROWS.— For dou- 

 ble hedge rows, mark rows thirty-six 

 inches one way, two rows of plants arc 

 set zig zag fashion, and each plant is 

 allowed to make only a few plants. The 

 object of the double hedge row is to 

 get more fruit to the acre than by the 

 single hedge row. The center of the 

 oed is kept open so as to give the 

 plants air and sun. This is one of the 

 intensive systems and requires much more 

 work than the other ways, and should 

 not be practiced on a large scale. 



THE NARROW MATTED ROW.- 

 Mark i apart one way, 



set plants eighteen to twenty-four inches 

 apart and allow to grow until row is 

 as wide as desired and then keep down 



by cutting runners off the balance of the 

 season. Usually ten inches is the de- 

 sired width. This is probably the most 

 common system of growing berries in 

 the large commercial growing sections, 

 where fancy fruit is not the particular 

 object. Too many plants should never 

 be allowed to mat in the bed as their 

 is only at the expense of the 

 former plants and when such crowd- 

 ing is allowed small berries and small 

 yields nj ay be expected. One acre grown 

 in the proper way is worth at least 

 grown the wrong way. It takes 

 a strong robust plant to make a pro- 

 ductive plant. It must have plenty of 

 room and moisture, if the roots are 

 will be lacking. If 

 one is not particular about neither qual- 

 itv or quai berries will gen- 



erally grow with as little a1 

 any other crop. But we always c 



worth growing is 

 wo;th growing right, and advise 



all there is in it by 

 u ing the propel methods. The large 

 produced when grown in hills 

 and cultivated each way. one way with 

 horse, if in commercial lots, arid the 

 narrow way with hoe or wheel hoe. If 

 for garden purposes, plants may be set 

 12 x 24 inches and worked with wheel 

 hoe a. .d give the largest yield. 



The above cut shows the Townsend way to handle plants when 

 are received and you are not ready to sot plants for several 

 days. Plants nicely heeled in can be kept for v. 



