ELLWANGER &- BAXRVS 



DIRECTIONS FOR GARDEN CULTURE. 



To Cultivate the Stra^vberry for family use, we recommend planting in 

 beds four feet wide, with an alley two feet wide between. These beds will 

 accommodate three rows of plants, which may stand fifteen inches apart each 

 way, and the outside row nine inches from the alley. These beds can be kept 

 clean, and the fruit can be gathered from them without setting the feet upon them. 



Culture in Ilill§. This is the best mode that can be adopted for the garden. 

 If you desire fine, large, high-flavored fruit, pinch off the runners as fast as 

 they appear, repeating the operation as often as may be necessary during the 

 Summer. Every runner thus removed produces a new crown at the center of 

 the plant, and in the Fall the plants will have formed large bushes or stools oa 

 which the finest strawberries may be expected the following season. In the 

 mean time the ground among the plants should be kept clear of weeds, and 

 frequently stirred with a hoe or fork. 



Covering in Winter. Where the Winters are severe, with little snow for pro- 

 tection, a slight covering of leaves or litter, or the branches of evergreens, will 

 be of great service. This covering should not be placed over the plants till 

 after the ground is frozen, usually from the middle of November till the first of 

 December in this locality. Fatal errors are often made by putting on too muck 

 and too early. Care must also be taken to remove the covering in Spring just 

 as soon as the plants begin to grow. 



Mulching to keep the Fruit Clean, Before the fruit begins to ripen, 

 mulch the ground among the plants with short hay or straw, or grasi mowings 

 from the lawn, or anything of that sort. This will not only keep the fruit clean, 

 but will prevent the ground from drying and baking, and thus lengthen the 

 fruiting season. Tan bark can also be used as a mulch. 



A bed managed in this way will give two full crops, and should then be spaded 

 or ploughed down,- a new one having been in the meantime prepared to take 

 its place. 



DIRECTIONS FOR FIELD CULTURE. 



The same directions with regard to soil, time of planting, protection and mulching 

 as given above, are applicable when planting on a large scale. 



The Matted Row §ystein — the mode of growing usually pursued — has its 

 advantages for field culture, but cannot be recommended for the garden. In the 

 field we usually plant in rows three to four feet apart, and the plants a foot to a 

 foot and a half apart in the row. In this case much of the labor is performed 

 with the horse and cultivator. 



How to Ascertain the Number of Plants required for an Acre. 

 The number of plants required for an acre, at any given distance apart, may 

 be ascertained by dividing the number of square feet in an acre (43,o60), by 

 the number of square feet given to each plant, which is obtained by multiplying 

 the distance between roivs by the distance between the plants. Thus Straw- 

 berries planted three feet by one foot, give each plant three square feet, or 

 14,520 plants to the acre. 



