KELLOGG'S THOROUGHBREDS IN BLOOM ON A VERMONT FARM 
THE above illustration shows the strawberry field of W E Akley of West Brattleboro. Vt. Mr. Akley writes: "I have been 
growinir Pedigree plants for the last three seasons. The four rows at the left of the picture are Parsons' Beauty, and the 
four at the right are Dornan. At the farther end, beginning at the left of the picture are Texas, Crescent, Warfield, Candy, 
Cardinal, Dornan and Stevens' Late Champion. I picked 486 quarts of berries from this bed." The patch indicates the care given it. 
mother plants are set two feet apart in the 
row, When the runner plants are layered 
the plants stand about six inches apart. 
The Double-Hedge Row 
CONSIDERED from the viewpoint either of 
the extensive grower or the man with 
limited area, we think the double-hedge row 
the most ideal of all. In the first place, this 
system produces large quantities of large 
berries, as the space between plants is ample 
for sunlight and air, while all of the land is 
well occupied. In the next, the first cost of 
the plants is not so great, and the grower 
himself produces at least four stalwart plants 
from every one he buys. These are matters 
of large economy to the grower. 
Narrow-Matted Rows 
WHERE the demand is for quantity rather 
than for size, the narrow-matted row is 
most popular. In sections where the fruit is 
intended for the canning factory this method 
is ideal. This system is made by placing the 
rows 42 inches apart and setting the plants 
28 inches apart in the row, and permitting a 
sufficient number of runners to form to make 
the rows of plants from fifteen to eighteen 
inches wide. As we say, this system is one 
that will give a large yield of indifferent-sized 
berries, but if your market prefers large, 
fine fruit and is willing to pay for it, we 
would not advise the adoption of this system. 
Dealing With Plant Enemies 
THE earliest insect to attack the strawber- 
ry plant is a little grayish worm, called 
the saw-fly because it has teeth like a saw. 
It occupies the under-side of the leaf, which 
it chews, but quickly disappears when dosed 
with Paris green or arsenate of lead. It is 
short-lived and does little damags as a rule. 
The same treatment is effective in the case 
of all leaf-eating insects. The leaf-rollers, 
three broods of which appear during the 
