GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1914, by B. M. Kelloggr Co., Three Blverg, Jlich. 
PROGRESSIVE AS IT FRUITS IN EARLY SUMMER 
sometimes for weeks. But later on, when suns 
are hot and atmosphere is dry, they should be 
left in the trench only long enough to cool 
thoroughly. 
Stimulating Fruit Production 
IT FREQUENTLY occurs that a grower will 
find his soil is lacking in necessary fertility 
to develop a generous crop of berries, while his 
plants remain strong and vigorous, and ready, 
under proper conditions, to yield a profitable 
crop. The most effective way of supplying the 
requisite fertility, and the one that insures the 
largest returns for the investment of time and 
money, is to apply nitrates of soda at the rate 
of from 75 to 100 pounds to the acre according 
to the apparent needs of the soil and plants. 
This work should be done by hand, and great 
care must be taken that none of the nitrates 
come into actual contact with the plants them- 
selves. Nitrates are very heating and will 
injure and perhaps destroy any plants which 
they touch directly. Put on an old pair of 
gloves for the work and it will be very quickly 
accomplished. The results will be most grati- 
fying. Prof. W. F. Massey says that in the 
case of a l?4-acre plot, from which he had ex- 
pected very little in the way of strawberries, 
he brought up the yield to 7,000 quarts of ber- 
ries by using nitrates of soda in this manner. 
Strawberries on the Market 
THAT the "package sells the fruit" has be- 
come axiomatic all up-to-date growers are 
coming to realize. Good packing begins with 
the picker in the field, and If he will do his 
part it will be easy for everybody else to per- 
form his duty in that regard. Separate the 
firsts from the seconds when picking, and then 
let the men in the packing house neatly top 
off the boxes and the job will be done with 
neatness and dispatch. If berries are round 
in form, they should be placed with stem-ends 
down. If berries are long, they will present 
a much better appearance when set on their 
sides, glossy side up. Not only does this 
method show the berry to the best advantage, 
but also a sufficient amount of the green calyx 
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