STRAWBERRY PLANTS OF QUALITY 3 
Some Suggestions on Strawberry Culture 
DO YOU KNOW? 
That strawberries will grow on 
most all kinds of soil if springy and 
moist, but where water does not stand. 
Any land that will make good crops 
of corn or potatoes will make good 
crops of berries. 
That land thoroughly prepared be- 
fore planting ,will give much better 
results than land poorly prepared and 
will richly repay you for your extra 
trouble, all other things being equal. 
That strawberries should not be 
planted on an old soil as it is likely 
to be infested with grubs; such land 
should at least receive one cultivated 
crop before planting to strawberries. 
That plants should not be set in 
fresh plowed land; better wait a day 
or two for the ground to settle and 
the moisture to rise. 
That plants set in early spring, 
while the ground is cool and moist, 
will start growing earlier and do much 
better than plants set later in the sea- 
son. Early spring, before the sun gets 
hot, is the proper time to set plants. 
Be sure to order plants early so as to 
have them ready for setting while the 
ground is in good condition. If you 
set plants late and the weather turns 
hot and dry don’t blame the plants 
if they do not do much, as they are 
having a hard time of it to even live. 
That plant roots exposed to the sun 
and wind will very soon dry out and 
wilt, so they will never come to. Be 
sure to keep roots moist (wet) and to 
keep from wind and sun. 
That strawberries do best on land 
planted to some heavy manured crop 
the year before. This seems to put 
the plant food in just the right con- 
dition for them to use it. 
That in applying fertilizer in drill 
under the plants, to thoroughly mix 
it with the soil before setting, other- 
wise it will injure the plants and often 
kill them outright. Do not use too 
heavy an application, 300 to 350 
pounds per acre are _ sufficient and 
should not contain any potash. 
That plants set too deep or too shal- 
low will not do their best. You will 
find directions on page 4 showing how 
deep to set them. The roots should 
always be put straight down and the 
dirt packed firmly around them. 
That blossoms should be removed 
the first year. This is very import- 
ant ‘as oft-times they will spend all 
their vitality in producing a crop of 
fruit and will die when the hot, dry 
weather comes on. Don’t neglect this 
if you wish success with your plants. 
The blossoms on everbearers should 
be removed until about the first to 
middle of July. 
That in hoeing plants not to hoe too 
close to them, as there is danger of 
cutting some of the small roots or 
loosening the roots in the soil, which 
would retard them somewhat in their 
growth. 
That plants (if grown by the mat- 
ted row system) should not be al- 
lowed to bed too thickly if fancy fruit 
is wanted, as if beds are too thick 
too large a percentage of them will 
be small. 
That strawberries are a very prof- 
itable crop and are easily grown. Re- 
quires little capital to start. A crop 
that children can take care of (with 
some help at picking time). If you 
can give the children a small piece of 
land and loan them a little money to 
buy plants with, I believe you will be 
surprised at the results and the profits 
will make them more content to stay 
on the farm. 
That strawberries are heathful and 
should be in every garden where you 
can go out and pick them fresh from 
the vines at any time you want them. 
They can be prepared several ways— 
fresh, canned, preserved, jam, in 
short cake—they’re fine any way you 
fix them and no other piece of land 
of same size will yield as much in sat- 
isfaction and profit. 
