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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 19H by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers. Mich. 
A PLATE OF BRANDYWINES 
DRANDYWINE is one of the pood old standard varieties that has held the confidence of growers from its introduction more 
^ than twenty years ago. It is one of the bif? money makers all along the Pacific Coast, and many California growers plant 
Brandy wine exclusively. It is as popular in the East as it is in the West, and justly so, because of its reliability and the beau- 
tiful berries it grows in such large quantities. We can ship plants of this variety from our Oregon, Idaho and Michigan farms. 
and continue running until the soil is thoroughly 
soaked all around the plants. This will furnish 
sufficient moisture to start the feeding roots. 
Leave the furrows undisturbed until after you 
irrigate the plants again, or until the plants have 
attained sufficient growth to make a row across 
the field so plain that you can follow it easily 
while cultivating. Then, cultivate as soon as the 
soil will permit, and continue cultivating every 
week or ten days until the plants indicate that 
they require more moisture; then irrigate again. 
Continue irrigating and cultivating in this man- 
ner throughout the entire growing season, irri- 
gating, of course, only as moisture is needed. 
This can easily be determined by the appearance 
of the plants, also by the appearance of the soil 
when you dig into it. The preparation of the soil 
and all other work connected with the growing 
of strawberries is the same in an irrigated coun- 
try as in any other. 
The Ridge System 
SOME growers in irrigated countries, especially 
in California, prefer the ridge system. Take 
an ordinary breaking plow and throw two furrows 
together. This makes a good wide ridge. The 
ridges should be about three and one-half to four 
feet apart. Draw a roller or float over the ridges 
so as to make the tops flat and firm. Run the 
water into the furrows between the ridges until 
the soil is soaked to the top of the ridges. Then, 
set two rows of plants on the top of each ridge. 
When the plants are set on the outer edges of 
the ridge, the rows are made about twelve to 
fifteen inches apart, and the plants may be set 
from twelve to fifteen inches apart in the rows. 
Follow the hill system. Growers who follow this 
system claim that it overcomes the necessity of 
mulching to keep the berries clean, as the water 
never makes the soil wet enough on the top of the 
ridges, where the berries ripen, to soil the berries. 
Picking, Packing and Marketing 
Do NOT pick strawberries when the vines ai'e 
wet from dew or rain, unless the season is 
wet and local conditions make it necessary to do 
so. Do not jerk the berries off, but pinch the 
stem with the thumb nail leaving a short piece of 
stem to each berry, which will aid the berry in 
shipping and also will give it a better appearance. 
Berries which are to be shipped a long distance 
should be picked before they become fully ripe. 
Berries which are to be marketed at home may 
be perfectly ripe before picking. Pick over the 
vines every day or as often as enough berries 
ripen to justify it. When picking, put the fancy 
berries in boxes by themselves, avoiding the ne- 
cessity of handling the berries the second time in 
order to sort them. See that the berries are the 
same all through the box, and pack the fancy 
berries in the box nicely by laying the top layer 
of berries in rows with stem ends down. This 
gives them such a beautiful appearance that they 
will sell for twenty per cent, more than they 
would if this was not done. 
See that your boxes and crates are clean and 
Address all communications and make all remittances payable to R. M. KELLOGG CO., Three Rivers, Mich. 
