GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1913 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers. Mich. 
TYPICAL SPECIMENS OF THE FENDALL STRAWBERRY 
FENDALL continues to win new conquests, and tVie beautiful berries sliown herewith perhaps is a suflicient explanation o£ 
that fact. Fendall has a wonderful record of more than 16.000 quarts to the acre, and there are few sections of the country 
where it has not been tried out to the satisfaction of growers. Originated near Baltimore some six years ago, it has attamed 
almost universal fame. So far as we know, there is no section of the country in which it is not grown with complete success. 
quickly available as plant food, it should be ap- 
plied just before plants are set, always, of course, 
thoroughly mixing it into the soil. For nitrogen, 
use 100 pounds of nitrate of soda, or 75 pounds 
sulphate of ammonia; for potassium, use 90 
pounds sulphate of potash; for phosphorus, use 
400 pounds acid phosphate, or 400 pounds of dis- 
solved bone. In all cases the quantity named is 
intended for one acre. 
Mechanical Treatment of the Soil 
WITH the soil filled with the necessary chem- 
ical constituents, let us consider brieily the 
mechanical treatment of the soils if we would 
have large success in our work. Broadly speak- 
ing, there are three kinds of soil — those in which 
clay predominates, those having a sandy nature, 
and the so-called black soil, so common in the 
prairie countries. All of these soils should be 
plowed and harrowed and re-harrowed until they 
are in the finest possible tilth. But, whereas 
sandy soils should be rolled and rolled again be- 
fore the plants are set, the clay soil is so compact 
by nature that not only does it not require com- 
pacting, but it would, indeed, be harmful to roll 
it. To do so would result in excluding all air from 
the roots, and some air is necessary. In the case 
of heavy clay soil we need to pulverize it 
thoroughly before the plants are set and stir it 
frequently while the plants are growing, in order 
that the process of decay may be normally main- 
tained, in the case of the sandy soils, as we 
have said, rolling is necessary in order that too 
much air may not reach the roots of the plants. 
Sandy soil tends to excessive aeration, and this 
is not good for the plants, hence the need of 
thorough rolling before setting. In the case of 
black soils the individual grower will roll or re- 
frain from rolling as the nature of his particular 
soil may indicate. 
Heeling in the Plants 
THERE is a direct relationship between the 
quality of plants one buys and the quality of 
fruit the grower will have to oflier his trade. We 
assume at the outset that you have purchased 
the best plants possible to secure. Naturally, 
then, you intend to take the best possible care of 
them. If you are not prepared to set the plants 
upon their arrival, you should immediately open 
up the crates, take out the plants and heel them 
in. That is, dig a V-shaped trench in shaded 
ground, making it sufficiently deep to take in the 
roots without curling them up. Loosen the raffia 
cord that binds the bunches and set the plants in 
the trench. Draw the soft, moist earth up 
around the crowns and wet the plants liberally. 
If they are warm when opened, the unnatural heat 
will slowly be drawn out and the plants will be all 
the better for having been heeled in. Do not fail 
to act promptly. Neglect for an hour may be 
fatal under some conditions. Consideration al- 
ways should be given to the season and weather 
conditions as to the length of time they are per- 
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