A DISH OF LUSCIOUS FORWARD EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES 
One of the great trio composed of Advance, Forward and Onward. 
fast as they are to be set. Last February plants 
came to us from California when the ground was 
frozen solid, which made it necessary for us to 
fill a box with soil taken from under a building 
in order to keep the plants until our soil was ready 
for them, six or seven weeks later. The box of 
plants was kept in our packing house until the 
weather made it safe for us to set it outside. The 
plants were thus kept in perfect condition, and 
when set in our testing plot, made a wonderful 
growth. 
The trench easily is made with either spade or 
hoe, and should be deep enough only to accom- 
modate the roots of the plants so that they may 
be placed straight down without the roots being 
doubled up, and so that when the tip ends of the 
roots touch the bottom of the trench, the crowns 
will be on a level with the surface of the ground. 
The soil should be pressed firmly against the roots. 
Follow with another layer of plants and soil and 
60 on until the trench is entirely filled, or the 
plants are all heeled in. 
These trenches should be made close to the house 
where plants may be conveniently watered every 
few days until you can set them. Heeling in 
plants is done so easily and rapidly that any one 
easily may heel in enough plants for an acre in an 
hour or two. Before opening the bunches pre- 
paratory to heeling in, cut off the tip ends of the 
roots with shears or knife. This makes it un- 
necessary to do any further pruning when setting 
them in the field or garden. 
We offer these suggestions so that our custom- 
ers may know how to handle their plants should 
they arrive before the ground is ready for them. 
Sometimes plants sent to us for testing arrive in 
apparently very poor condition, roots very dry, or 
plants have heated in transit. Such plants always 
are heeled in and watered until they are in good 
condition for setting, and we never fail to get a 
good stand. Plants that are heeled in can be cared 
for much better than if they were set in the field. 
As a matter of fact, plants which often appear 
worthless when they arrive make a wonderful 
growth when handled in this manner. Such plants 
should not only be watered but also should be 
shaded until they begin growing. In the majori- 
ty of cases where growers fail to get a good 
stand of plants the failure may be traced to neg- 
lect on the part of the grower in caring for the 
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