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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 
STATE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 
CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION 
College Park, Md., 
This is to Certify, That on the 22nd day of 
August, 1938, we examined the Nursery Stock of 
C. S. Perdue growing in his nurseries, at Showell, 
: County of Worcester, State of Maryland, in accor- 
: dance with the laws of Maryland, 1898, Chapter 289, 
| Section 58, and that said nurseries and premises are 
apparently free, so far as can be determined by in- 
spection, from the San Jose Scale, Peach Yellows, 
Pear Blight and other dangerously injurious insect 
pests and plant diseases. 
This Certificate is valid until September 30, 1939 
unless sooner revoked, and does not include nursery 
stock not grown within this State, unless such stock 
is previously covered by Certificate and accepted by 
the State Entomologist and State Pathologist. 
Ernest N. Cory, State Entomologist. 
C. E. Temple, State Pathologist. 
G. S. Lankford, Chief Inspector. 
Growing Strawberries 
CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS, ETC. 
Any type of soil that will grow truck or garden 
crops or land that will grow good crops of corn, 
wheat, etc., will produce strawberries. It is desir- 
able for best results to plant on land that is improved 
with barnyard manure or on naturally good soil, 
also by plowing down heavy foliage crops the fall 
or summer before plants are set fills it with humus 
which is very essential for successful strawberry 
growing. The land should be well prepared before 
plants are set and mark the rows about 3% to 4 
feet apart and plants set about 12 to 15 inches apart 
in the rows; with all the roots set straight in the 
ground and pack soil firmly around each plant. If 
the roots are clipped off a little, especially the large 
size plants, it will make setting better and easier. 
Early spring is the proper time to set strawberry 
plants, as soon as weather conditions will permit 
getting the ground ready. In the South, February, 
March and early April; in the Middle States, March 
and April; in the Northern States, April. There is 
much that could be said about the culture of straw- 
berries, but different locations and different types of 
soil make it impossible to give any definite set of 
rules, but they will respond quickly to good culti- 
vation and good soil. Cultivation should begin soon 
after plants are set in the spring and continued 
frequently to insure good growth of the plants and 
to keep the rows free of vegetation during the sum- 
mer months. Some hand work with the use of a hoe 
at intervals is also necessary during the entire grow- 
ing season. 
Most all strawberries are grown by the matted row 
system—that is to leave about all the runners on the 
parent plant to take root and make a wide row or 
fruiting bed, leaving enough room in the alley for 
the convenience of the pickers. 
SE A EP 
