GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyrijht 1915 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
FENDALL GROWS MORE POPULAR YEAR BY YEAR 
pENDALL is a Maryland oriKination— a seedling of the famous Wm. Belt. During the last seven years this variety has dis- 
tinguished itself in thousands of fields scattered over the entire United States. It has the distinction of yields reaching aa 
high as 16.800 quarts to a single acre— a record unsurpassed by any other variety. With such a record Fendall is steadily ad- 
vancing over a territory that includes practically every section of the United SUtes and the entire Dominion of Canada. Any 
of the late-season bisexuals will perfectly poUenize this extraordinary variety. Grown at Three Rivers and Twin Falls farms. 
placed along the rows close up to the plants, but 
the plants should not be covered at any time with 
the mulch. 
In the North heavy rains and snows will soak 
the mulching to such a degree that it will rest 
upon the vines so heavily and the mat will be so 
dense as to render it impossible for the plants to 
grow up through the mulch. Therefore, early in 
the spring, just when vegetation is starting up, 
the mulching should be separated directly over 
each row. Simply make an opening through the 
mulching that lies upon the plants and the plants 
will have no difficulty in coming through. This 
will leave the mulching close up to the plants, 
creating a clean floor upon which the berries may 
ripen. Mulching also will serve to retain mois- 
ture in the soil during the fruiting season. 
Any of the straws will serve excellently as a 
mulch, but where straw is not obtainable, marsh 
hay, sown corn, sorghum, pumace or swamp 
grass will serve the purpose. Along the Atlan- 
tic coast growers use large quantities of sea- 
weed and find it to be a very satisfactory mulch- 
ing material. 
Heeling in the Plants 
ASSUMING that you have purchased the very 
^ best plants possible to secure, we take it for 
granted that it is your purpose to give the plants 
the best of care when they reach you. Some- 
times it occurs that plants will come to the grow- 
er before he is prepared to set them out. It may 
be raining, or he may not have his soil in just the 
desired condition. It is very important, however, 
that the plants be taken care of immediately 
upon arrival, and the only safe way to handle 
them is to heel them in. Dig a V-shaped trench 
in shaded ground sufficiently deep to take in the 
roots without turning 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 plants 
are warm when opened, do not fail to heel them 
in. The unnatural heat thus will be slowly drawn 
out and the plants will be all the better for hav- 
ing been heeled in. Do not fail to act promptly 
upon the arrival of the plants. Neglect for an 
hour may be fatal under some conditions. Con- 
sideration always must be given to the season 
and weather conditions as to the length of time 
they are to be permitted to remain in the trench. 
In the early spring, when the air is cool and mois- 
ture abundant, it may be safe to leave them in 
the trench for several days, and we have known 
them to be held for some weeks in the very early 
spring with excellent results. But later on, when 
the sun is hot and the atmosphere is dry, they 
should be left in the trench just long enough to 
cool off thoroughly. 
How to Stimulate Fruit Production 
COMETIMES the grower will be disappointed to 
find, after he has set out his plants, that soil 
conditions are not as favorable to the develop- 
ment of large and fine crops as he had counted 
upon. And sometimes after the first and second 
crops have been grown one may wish to produce 
a third crop from the original setting. In such 
cases the most effective way of supplying the 
requisite fertility, and the way that insures the 
largest returns upon the investment of time and 
money, is to apply nitrates of soda to the soil at 
the rate of from 75 to 100 pounds to the acre at 
each application, according to the apparent needs 
of the soil and plants. This work can be done 
only by hand, as great care must be taken that 
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