STRAWBERRIES. 
Many points. are to be learned in this 
line of horticulture and no one man has 
learned it all. The growing of this fruit is 
the simplest of them all, thriving as it does 
on any soil that will grow good corn and 
yields freely to fertilizers. and barn yard 
manure. With the standard berries of the dayjwe'can easily raise from 3,000 to 
WEeeEzCCzCCSS“CEY 5,000 quarts per acre’fand even double these amounts 
WV MOTTO: _4 have been grown. Plant 33 feet wide and put plants 
@ 15 to 18 inches in the row. The soil cannot be too well 
Good stock, truth | rN \ prepared: the more work put on it the less it will re- 
i fully described, and A quire in the future. If barn yard manure is used work: 
= direct to the ® 
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\ it in the soilfrom the top with a harrow; it is then 
purchaser at rea- ph placed in reach of the roots. When plowed under it is 
sonable prices,must &\ seldom reached. 
yy, Oring success. A For a family supply you want from one to two 
BWIDSSSDOSSSISSOA quarts per day for each member of the family, through 
a season of six weeks that can be had by planting both early and late varieties. 
The blossoms of all varieties are bi-sexual or perfect. 
Those marked imperfect are destitute of staymens and are 
termed pistillate or imperfect, as are shown by the following 
figures. Imperfect varieties should have a row of ee eae 
flowered sort planted every third or fourth 
row at least, to pollenize their blossols. 
When the imperfect bloomers are properly 
PERFECT BLOSSOM. fertilized they are the most prolific and there 
is no reason for any prejudice against them. Succes depends in a 
great measure on getting fine healthy plants STRICTLY PURE and ; 
true to name, this we know our plants to be. IMPERFECT. 
In shipping plants we send out nothing but young plants as we have no old 
beds to dig from. Weclean all plants of dead leaves and tie in bunches before 
packing to ship long distances by express. We use split ip 
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basket, paper lined, with damp moss to roots, making a 
light and secure package that stands shipment best and 
less cost in expressage to customers, or light crates made 
of cypress expressly for this purpose. 
The cut here shows you a good plant set properly. 
The top of the crown where the leaves come out should 
be just above the surface, and after the plant is set the 
soil should be leveled down around it. 
HANDLE STRAWBERRY PLANTS—Just as 
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soon as the ground can be easily worked in the spring A pie wy 
is the best time of the whole year to plant strawberries eh 
in any section, especially if planted on a large scale and ws 
plants to come from a distance. | JUST RIGHT. 
RECEIVING PLANTS—Should plants be received before you are ready to 
plant, or should anything interfere, heel them in. Cut the strings about the 
bunch and spread them out, dampening the roots but not the top, and keep shad- 
ed. If weather is cool they can stay in package as they were shipped, a few days, 
but keep in a cool dark place 
PLANTING—The planting of a bed is the most important part. It costs you 
the same to cultivate a poor stand of plants as it does a good one; hence the im- 
portance of well rooted, strong, healthy and stocky plants. The little long-rooted 
ones with little or no crown should not be used. The extreme long roots are no 
good but the stout branched roots from the crown are what is needed. 
