The Home Garden 



The instructions which follow tell how he has 

 grown this delicious fruit for a good many 

 years in his own garden. They do not claim to 

 be scientific in any sense of the term — just sen- 

 sible, from the standpoint of the home gardener. 



I would advise making the strawberry bed 

 in spring, because the plants will have all the 

 season to grow in and will attain a fine condi- 

 tion for giving a full crop the following season. 

 If set out in fall — as they can be, to good ad- 

 vantage, if the work cannot be done in spring — 

 they will give a partial crop the next season, 

 but not a full crop until the following year. 



In getting the ground ready for the reception 

 of plants, plow or spade it well, and work the 

 soil over until it is fine and mellow, incorpo- 

 rating with it a generous amount of well-rotted 

 barnyard-manure, or, in case you cannot obtain 

 this, such fertilizers as those who are familiar 

 with the soil in your locality think are needed. 

 It is necessary that the soil be quite rich if you 

 want a strong development of plants, and a 

 good crop of fruit depends largely on this. On 

 no account make use of fresh manure. 



Lay the plantation oft into rows at least 

 three feet apart. Four would be better, if 



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