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THREE RIVERS. MICH. 
For the hill system, rows should be made 30 inches apart, plants 
set 15 inches apart in the row and all runners removed. 
By setting in check rows the wide spaces can be cultivated with 
single-horse cultivator and the narrow spaces with hand cultivator. This 
leaves only a very small area around each plant to be hoed and re- 
duces considerably the cost of cultivation. 
In small gardens the rows may be made two feet apart and plants 
set one foot apart in the row and if crowded for room they may be set 
15 inches apart each way. 
Pourtee^i thousand plants may be set on a single acre when they 
are set 30 x 15 inches. 
(NOTE: By Hill System, we do not refer to hilling or ridging the ground. The plants 
should be set with the crowns level with the surface the same as in either of the other sy.s- 
tems. Never ridge the ground unless there is slow and improper drainage.) 
The single-hedge row is formed by setting plants two feet apart in 
rows which are spaced three feet apart. Each original plant is allowed 
to make two runner plants which are layered on opposite sides of the 
mother plant directly in line with the row. All other runners should be 
removed. Seven thousand plants are required for one acre. 
For the double-hedge row, plants are set two feet apart in rows 
which are spaced three and one-half feet apart. Each original plant is 
allowed to make six runner plants, two of which are layered on op- 
posite sides of the mother plant directly in line with the row. The other 
four are layered, two on each side of the mother plant, in the spaces 
between the rows. This forms three distinct rows, the original row and 
a row of runner plants on each side. After the rows are thus formed all 
other runners should be removed. Six thousand plants are required for 
one acre. 
Mating Varieties 
strawberry varieties are divided into sexes, male, (staminate or bi-sexual), usually indicated by the 
letter "B"; and female, (pistillate), by "P." 
The blossoms of the male varieties contain both male and female organs and are self-fertilizing 
while the blossoms of the fernale varieties contain only female organs and are dependent upon the pollen 
produced by the male varieties for fertilization. For this reason it is necessary to set plants of pistillate 
varieties in rows between rows of bisexuals of the same fruiting season. The pollen is carried by the wind 
and bees and in this manner, the blossoms of the pistillates become fertilized. Three or four rows 
of pistillates may be set with only one row of bisexuals on each side of the group. 
Even with male varieties the crop may be increased and the quality of the berries improved if 
several bisexuals are set in the same patch as this provides an interchange of pollen which Nature intended. 
Strawberry varieties do not mix or become crossed through the runners. Everbearers may be set 
beside standard varieties, or any number of different varieties may be grown side by side in a garden or 
field without mixing unless the runners of one variety are allowed to spread and take root in a row of 
another variety. Prevent this by restricting runners of each variety to their respective rows. 
Setting Plants 
Plants should be pruned before they are set. This is done by cutting off the tip ends of the roots, 
causing a callous to form where each root is cut off. From these callouses, myriads of fine feeding roots 
start soon after plants are set. {Continued on Page 5i.) 
Sex in strawberry plants graphically 
presented. Above: pistillate blossom. 
Below; blossom of a bi-sexual plant. 
SIDE VIEW OF SECTION OF A ROW SHOWING PLANTS GROWN SINGLE-HEDGE SYSTEM 
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