Packing Strawberry Plants. 
Plants are carefully placed in sacks in the lieUl as soon as they are (lag, then 
each sack of plants is labeled and taken to the Packing House. Immediately after 
they are received at the Packing House, all dead leaves and runners are removed, 
roots perfectly straightened and plants counted and tietl in neat bundles of twenty- 
five each. They are then labeled and packed in liRht baskets or boxes, with roots 
well wrapped in damp moss. They are then removed to a cool room, if the Ex- 
press is not due and kept there until a short time before the Express is due. By 
our doing so, yon get your plants in fine condition. 
Very Important. 
Immediately after you receive your plants, if they are a little dry, it is a good 
plan before planting to dip the roots in a pail of cool water. Do not however water 
them in the box or package, as this will cause them to heat and spoil. Be very 
distinct and careful about this : if you have not got your ground ready to plant 
thera in, or if the weather is very dry and windy, loosen the bundles and heel them 
in moist soil. Place the soil firmly around the roots, water and shade them from 
the sun. and they will start to grow. When your soil is ready and the weather 
favorable, plant them. When treated in this way, scarcely a plant will fail to grow. 
Don't plant on a dry windy day, because this is against the plants and will dry them 
very nnicli and prolrably cause you to get a poor set. 
Preparation of Soil. 
The object is to get your soil mellow and free from clods. If you have stable 
manure, the very thing to do is, spread it in the Pall or Spring, plow it under, 
and use a Disc harrow, or something of this type in getting the soil and manure in a 
mellow condition for the planting of the plants. If you have not the stable manure, 
use a chemical fertilizer, but be very careful in doing this, because if this is used 
verv heavy at the roots, it will eat the little fibers or hair roots that usually starts 
on the larger roots of the plant, thi.s will cause the plants to ra.ike a very .sloiv start 
in growing and will probably cause a large part of them to die. When using 
chemical fertilizers, it is then best to select a piece of ground that was in some 
cultivated crop last season and received good attention, as it will be much less liable 
to be infected with insect pest and weed seed. 
The Right Time to Plant Small Fruit Plants. 
When is the right time? Any time after November 1st, until May the 5th. 
March and April is the great planting season, when our entire attention and that of 
a number of helpers is given up to filling plant orders, and then we want to (ill 
yours. .' 
From May 5th until May 15th, we will fill a limited number of orders on any 
stock unsold and put in the very best possible order, but at purchaser's risk as to 
results. After May 15th, during June, July, August, September and October before 
the 15th, We positively will not fill any orders for small fruit plants. 
