CULTURE - Continued 



Mating: Varieties — All the varieties we offer are 

 perfect flowering and will produce a full crop when 

 planted alone. Varieties will not mix. 



Mulching — Mulching is a good practice, and is 

 necessary in the colder climates. Mulch should be 

 applied at the rate of about three tons per acre or 

 beds covered 2 inches deep just before the first 

 hard freeze, if possible. Straw, strawy stable ma- 

 nure, wild hay, marsh grass are materials common- 

 ly used. Mulching will prevent winter injury and 

 heaving of the plants from freezing and thawing. 

 In the spring, as growth starts, rake mulch into 

 alleys where it helps to keep the berries clean and 

 also conserves moisture. 



Spraying and Dusting — As strawberries are sel- 

 dom subject to any serious damage from disease 

 or insects, spraying or dusting is not commonly 

 practiced. Setting healthy plants of varieties im- 

 mune or resistant to disease is much more desir- 

 able. In sections where Weevil (Clipper) prevail 

 they can be controlled by dusting the beds just 

 before the first buds appear, and again about 10 

 days later with a 3% DDT dust. 



Summer and Early Fall Planting Not Advisable 



— Strawberry plants should not be dug and shipped 

 during the growing season. Satisfactory results 

 can be obtained only from dormant plants dug 

 and shipped after November 15. In the interest of 

 our customers we do not ship plants during July, 

 August, September and October. 



Distance to Plant — Plants should be set 15 to 30 



inches apart (distance should vary according to the 

 bedding habit of the variety) in rows 3% to 4 feet 

 apart. 



Plants requ 



red per acre at 



various 



plant 



distances : 









Rows 



Distance in Row 



Plants per I 



31/2 feet apart 



15 inches 





10,000 



3V2 feet apart 



18 inches 





8,325 



3% feet apart 



24 inches 





6,225 



3% feet apart 



30 inches 





5,000 



4 feet apart 



15 inches 





8,750 



4 feet apart 



18 inches 





7,300 



4 feet apart 



24 inches 





5,425 



4 feet apart 



30 inches 





4,375 



Cultivation — Plants should be kept thoroughly 

 cultivated all through the growing season. Culti- 

 vating at weekly intervals until bed forms will 

 greatly reduce the amount of hoeing required to 

 keep down weeds. Plants should be hoed soon 

 after set and any plants too deep or too shallow 

 should be corrected. Hoe and cultivate shallow 

 near the plants to avoid disturbing the roots. In 

 later hoeing, after the plant bed is formed, atten- 

 tion should be given that the plants do not become 

 too densely set in the row. especially with varie- 

 ties such as Blakemore. Dorsett and Fairmore. 

 The well spaced row will produce more and better 

 fruit. 



Kem^oving Blossoms — Flower stems usually ap- 

 pear on strawberry plants soon after they are set 

 in the field and as the production of fruit is a 

 severe drain on their vitality, the flower stems 

 should be removed as tfiey appear. With Ever- 

 bearers the blossoms should be removed until the 

 plants are well established. This will usually 

 require about sixty days. 



BLUEBERRY CULTURE 



Adaptability — Cultivated blueberries are being 

 successfullj' grown from North Carolina to the 

 Northern boundry of the Country, and are general- 

 ly adapted wherever wild blueberries and huckle- 

 berries are found. We do not feel any exact limit 

 of their adaptability has been established, and 

 would suggest small plantings anywhere except in 

 the deep South or where the soil is alkaline or 

 very drj-. 



Soils— VERY IMPORTANT— On natural blue- 

 berry soils having an abundance of humus and a 

 fairly constant high water table, blueberries grow 

 well under clean cultivation. Such soils must have 

 a good surface drainage, as flooding during the 

 growing season may cause serious injury. Plant- 

 ing on wide ridges, six to seven inches high, is a 

 good practice. This practice of ridging is now 

 generally followed on this type of soil. On reg- 

 ular soil, the site selected for the blueberry plant- 

 ing should also have good surface drainage, be 

 well supplied with humus and retentive of moist- 

 ure. It should be borne in mind that the produc- 

 tiveness of a blueberry planting depends largely 

 on the moisture supplied in the upper soil, which 

 may be maintained by applying a heavy permanent 

 mulch. Blueberries require an acid soil, growing 

 well on soils ranging from p.h. 3.8 to 5.5 Soils 

 having a higher p.h. value should not be used. For 



small plantings, large holes may be dug and filled 

 with soil having the desired p.h. with humus in 

 the form of peat or leaf mold added. 



Planting — For commercial planting, plants are 

 set every four feet in rows eight to ten feet apart 

 as many varieties of blueberries reach a height of 

 six to seven feet and a width of five to six feet. 

 Plants should be set slightly deeper than they grew 

 in the nursery, with the roots well spread out. 

 When planting, we place a thin layer of pulver- 

 ized peat and sand, which has been soaked and 

 mixed half and half, below and above the roots. 

 We feel this makes an ideal rooting medium, and 

 will keep the plant well supplied with moisture 

 until it becomes established. Before planting, one- 

 iialf to two-thirds of tlie top growtli should be 

 pruned oflf. For the home planting plants may be 

 set in whatever manner is convenient, giving them 

 about thirty-two square feet of space to each plant. 



Mulching — On all l)ut natural blueberry soil, 

 mulch should be applied as soon as the plants are 

 set. Such materials as straw, salt hay, sudan 

 grass, pine needles or leaves should be spread 

 around the plants about six inches deep. Further 

 applications should be made each year in such 

 quantities as are required to maintain the mulch. 

 With individual plants, mulch should be applied 

 over an area six to eight feet square. 



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