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CONTENTS 



PART II. GROWING SMALL FRUITS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XII. Growing Strawberries 

 Operations. 



1. Selecting the location and soil 468 



2. Preparing the field 470 



3. Selecting varieties 470 



4. Determining time of planting 472 



5. Determining the planting system . * 473 



6. Setting the plants 475 



7. Managing the soil 479 



8. Controlling insects and diseases 483 



9. Protecting the plants in winter 484 



10. Harvesting and marketing the crop 485 



11. Determining treatment of plantation after harvest . 489 



General Information. 



1. Everbearing varieties 491 



2. Commercial varieties 492 



Community Studies . . . . 493 



XIII. Growing Grapes 

 Operations. 



1. Determining size of the enterprise 497 



2. Selecting the location 498 



3. Selecting the soil 498 



4. Selecting varieties 499 



5. Determining time of planting 500 



6. Determining planting distances 500 



7. Securing the plants - . 500 



8. Setting the plants 501 



9. Managing the soil 503 



10. Training the vines 509 



11. Controlling insects and diseases 520 



12. Harvesting the crop 520 



13. Marketing the crop 522 



14. Protecting vines in winter . ' 527 



Growing Muscadine grapes . 527 



Community Studies 528 



