Showell, Maryland 



UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 

 STATE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 

 CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION 

 College Park, Md., October 3, 1941. 



This is to Certify, That on the 4th day of Sept- 

 ember, 1941, we examined the Nursery Stock of 

 Perdue's Strawberry Plant Farms (C. S. Perdue), 

 growing in their nurseries, at Showell, County of 

 Worcester, State of Maryland, in accordance 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 inspection 

 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, 

 1942, 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 Patho- 

 logist. 



Ernest N. Cory, State Entomologist. 

 R. A. JEHLE, State Pathologist. 

 G. S. Langford, Chief Inspector. 



Qrowing Strawherries 



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 SVz 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. 



