March, 1918 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
107 
Order Seeds Now. 
There will probably be seeds 
enough of the common garden 
vegetables to go around, but in 
order to be sure of the kinds you 
want, order at once. At that you 
may be disappointed in some of 
your favorite kinds, but that will 
not be a calamity. There are at 
least a dozen kinds of very good 
beans and the same of peas. Two 
or three days’ difference in earli- 
ness or the shape or color of pod 
is not serious. 
The New Spray Gun. 
A member wants to know about 
size of hose to use on spray pump 
and also says: “I notice all firms 
manufacturing spray pumps are 
advertising spray guns as a great 
improvement over the spray rod. 
Have you had any experience 
with them? Is it really an im- 
provement? Do you think they 
will replace the rods?” 
Dr. E. D. Ball, state entomolo- 
gist. replies as follows: 
I would recommend hose. 
If heavy walled high pressure 
hose is tised this size is heavy 
enough to handle, and, at the 
same time, the bore is large 
enough to carry all the liquid 
necessary. 
The spray gun as advertised by 
the spray pump manufacturing 
companies is not intended to re- 
place the spray rod in the spray- 
ing of orchard trees and in places 
of this kind. The real advantage 
of the spray rod in the orchard is 
that one is able to bring the 
nozzle up close to the tree and by 
the use of a bend or angle at the 
end of the rod the spray can be di- 
rected in any direction, and a 
thorough job of spraying done. 
The spray gun, on the other hand, 
is for reaching the tops of tall 
shade trees and places like that, 
where a rod is not even long 
enough. They are using these 
guns to spray elm trees in the 
New England states, throwing a 
spray from 40 to 60 feet in the 
air. This is used for distribut- 
ing poison for leaf-eating insects, 
such as the Gipsy Moth, Brown- 
Tail Moth, Elm Leaf Beetle, and 
insects of that class and is prob- 
able satisfactory for this work. 
We do not have many calls for this 
class of work in Wisconsin, so it 
will be only of minor importance 
with us. 
Something About Strawberries. 
A member asks : Which is the 
better system for growing straw- 
berries, the hill system or the mat- 
ted row? For the benefit of the 
amateur: Strawberry plants set 
out in the spring send out run- 
ners from which new plants are 
formed. Strawberry plants set 2 
feet apart in rows 3 feet apart 
will cover tbe entire space by fall 
if not restricted. Tn the matted 
row plan the runners are restrict- 
ed to a space eighteen inches to 
two feet wide and a space left 
clear between the rows for culti- 
vation. The hill system consists 
in removing all runners as they 
appear, throwing all tbe strength 
into the original plant. The plants 
may be set much closer by this 
plan. 
The hill system yields larger 
and finer berries than the matted 
row. but the yield per acre is less 
and the cost of production is much 
greater. 
For all ordinary markets grow 
strawberries by the matted row 
plan. This is the accepted method, 
yields profitable crops under all 
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