SETTING THE PLANTS 



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all directions, or a greater distance may be allowed between 

 rows on areas large enough to permit horse cultivation. All 

 runners are removed, and the mother plants make a very 

 vigorous development, reflected in a crop of uniformly large 

 fruit. This system of planting is well adapted to the pro- 



FiG. 184. The matted row system fully developed. 



duction of fruit for a fancy trade. Considerable attention 

 is required the first season to restrict the runners. If the 

 mother plants die, vacant spaces occur in the row. 



6. Setting the Plants. After the location of the first or 

 outside row has been determined, use markers, either hand 

 or horse drawn, depending upon the area, to complete laying 

 out the field. Such markers are quickly made — a horizontal 



