AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
.] ply, i'mhi. 
STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 
1-V.r A ineriean Fruit ho« 1 Vegetable Jour- 
nal. 
By R. B ErxUcott. 
iTIiIk paper wg» iHvi'Hritl by Mi U. It, 
! ti.lii-nii of Villa Ridf,'.', HU. Jiitrl rend ln- 
f i » iv* the Student' Agricultural Club ■> f the 
l uIwitxItj of Illinois Mr. Etiilfcoii .* Just 
eouipli'tinp Ills lll>r .niir of studies In Ike 
College of Agrii'itlii.i at the Stale I i.lver- 
slt.v.t 
With strawberry mixing us wt«U tlx miy 
other occupation. a iii-I'aoii must ur.der- 
siiinil ninslderahh* al-oid It, rlll.et priuile- 
H II}' III tljiowtlljjll.v, hefnlW III' takes If U() 
ns nti mvtuwHuii FI r*t, u (tenant must 
vonslfli-r Ills l.u iilon with refwijpce to ell* 
niHtc lor u would In 1 tolly ns will a- mi 
I imll i ;i 1*1 ■ ■ to en.l.-rtnke to i.ilse mrnw ber- 
ries in Klrlu r the frtirul nr hurli] tone, llnis 
making ilio si ru m berry n temperate fjTjlt, 
Secondly. you iiiii-a i-wni»|«l«*r your lorn t Ion 
III regard to shipping mill Uuirkeflllp: frtL'II- 
liios, It jx well Uiunrii t tin t strawberries 
will not retain iliclr llrniiuw> for itlil- gicnt 
length ot ilme lifter tlii-y lone ripened. 
They must he oil I be tiLlil'h «-t Within hev- 
enfy-lwo hours utter they have lii-t-li re- 
moveil frion the villi - Now, til legtird lo 
tie 1 location on v our ru tin. I will say that u 
-Olllhl‘1'11 or Solti I.e.MIcnt or Western sJorp 
- always |iry/er,'ih|e r o a northern slupe. 
In planting straw bin l ies |i Is nhvny * host 
lo prepare tile ground |J)i> Jl'iir 1 1 1'eV III II* I.) 
I be Illuming, Tills HIM easily |.e done by 
sow Inu soni. riiivi- • ioji mnl tttrulug It im- 
ilel III I li loher mill lein dig |t)V ground 
roughly plowed illilJI I lie hi I llu pint ,.f 
November or the lli -i part of I leecmlmr, 
w hen il should he snliMtlleil (rout I \ve|ve 
10 ronilei-n hiehe# in depth, thus making 
tin' anil porous so t In- wilder ruins can 
soak down Into tin’ niiIwoii mid tnnn a re«- 
1 1 voir n-oni which Die plains may olilaln 
t o-lr nmlslurc during a dry simmiei or 
*hon >11011111 Till* Mih.oiiiny or fall plow ■ 
Iny i -aunt’s u grout many of Hie Insrets 
!,,v v, ' r > Injin Ioiik II. the plants ami 
rr.iiih! I,, |„- brought p. the milTneii and 
killed by ihe fire„ UK during the winter, 
lln. siihsollMig also allow,. ti„. u,..er to 
go down earlier In Ihe spring, thereby prr- 
mltt ng the ground to tie winked outlier. 
" i' ll Ihe tunc 'Mines lo Set the plaids 
preporutlnu Is lo dUe Ihe 
al,<1 s toooih n cl « |m i with a lira g 
ha now or „ phllik.’l || )(lll |„lnu| 
1 1.111 lo lurmw ,,m your ruws iwin, „ 
► nnill shovel plow. Illmtll rtire. feel elgld 
-he, ."pa 1 , l ihe sunn way ,ou wl*l. n„- 
h m 1 ra, F"t nil'1 'In., it Is 
‘ the row v \ mi north and -null. 
... ' , ,, ‘ ' 1, ' h "" rei’el ve 
• 1I1 “ 1 'tnl amount of sunlight 
•5“be E ", U ! I - V H ’"' H’VI lilt y 
ombi. mix'd, .w‘ , 'p.uih‘h , u. n,Ml " f 
I JHh horn- ami I,|ie pari 
“ eimioicrehil ferini)..,, , M 
i lire*- row marker and go eioHswIse, iu ak- 
in u the marks about iliree feci aparr. 
Now. afler you havi your groiQid In 
■ liape, illg your pill ills and husk or clean 
them lu good * bupe 1 1 menu by liusklug 
ill'' r-nie a I o| all Me- dead nililiei'H anil 
le.ivev dial might be in inched I" Ho plnnr) 
mill Mlp III" roots ly* Iihont Hirer or four 
In. In* dills making Hie plain milch less 
I rouble , one in gd in the urminil in per- 
fer I eondltlon. 
Tin >oil should I" 1 mold when the plum 
i- *el in give 11 Ihe necessary eondilloli" 
"lib'll 11 rc*|iiliv» Shoillil l lie giniind be 
dry n i alwaj* l"-.-r lo pluw ilm (oof *,u 
each sills of i hr plant, 
\s soon as y on an rhrmigb s.-iting It Is 
I"‘*I lo start cultivating In the means of 
little harrows which lireiik (In eiust that 
foriJn* "ii Itn- ground and kills a vast num- 
ber of nit v lolls weeds that lniv*- Just bo- 
'» ^proiii A • nisi sin, plil iievi-r ho 
allowed io form on the grniilld. Surface 
PlllfJ V if tloll is die I 'Ck| MU - 1 hi i< I of dllagi- 
for slrnwhcnles. 
" idle i am -peaking of cultivation i 
shall not for uuer ilduk of leaving ,.m r in.- 
hoi . ue It is as important If md’more vo 
Ilian any all, or diipleuieai used in ihe rnl- 
nvailon. I lm seen i of gelling n goud 
siiiiid of phim- * llrsl. plant tinlhlng tan 
'be bos! unit then liiiirongjily • uldvale. it 
is ijufl" often tlie pnierlee to cut el) any 
miiners thet iinghl » tan from ihe phiid 
until the i"-t part of Jim,., hy whh'h ilmo 
die plant i- ahle lo phnlm-e weyend thrifty 
Ilium is In hoeing die fdiiuts n,e ruuners 
flu e, pi, ill, ills, rihulid on the two sides of 
the Plant, thus forming a malted row rhe 
I'"..- nee kept loiirtis-n r i . sKteen Inches 
vel' . with pa III way of tw„ hulWeeii 
d " row s. 
I'h" help in die packing-house Consists of 
women m do die parking and a man to do 
die milling. The herrles are packed in ihe 
twenty iour-i|iiait crates. As mod as iliere 
lie I MOIIg II erafes lo uinlir i loud, they are 
'■'it'll In die -infirm ami plaeeil In ie[rlger- 
ater ear- J'liese i-grs have at l l.'i p. in, 
and an Is i- In t'liieago .il o .IS) a. m.. thus 
(ailring the fruit in th" eonsnnieis' ha in Is 
in lee- than iivi'iify-fdiir hmiiv from the 
dun it Is taken from ||,e vines. 
The average y Ii Id l> ,‘hi in 7o c-rates per 
ael-e. wbldt i.'sls, per crntv. s.1 eenls lo 
SI; ms| per acre, -12.'. lo average sell- 
ing price, ?| s'* pep crute; m-t (dotlls. 25 
'••id' lo (u ends per i-nde. 
A GREAT SUGAR FACTORY. 
I he factory which is now bring em ted 
in Km kv l .ml. Ciilo., is an immense ulTnir. 
" ork is being pushed oil this dietary night 
nnl day. -I. ilinr it may be ilnlulu-d in tune 
1,1 ''"-III I lie lmmilfilplilie ol sugar from the 
growing I rap „| heels. I'h" factory i*. to 
•■""I "in- million dollar* in have a eapaeilv 
-"ttieleni for working up l<ui(i Inns of beets 
per day, inquiring the labor <>| i«k» perj-ons 
d-'dl.v. Kigld ihouso ml iu- res of beets are 
l"'iid? giowh, 
I Id* plaid I* li.-Ing hull I Jiecol'ij lug I,, t),p 
Urn-si. and umsi non lorn plan. Ii Is t|>e in- 
i e a t ion to “tii m lint" lisr tons ,,r refined 
-umir per day. or wluit ix about ||„. 8aJ , u . 
■' I ' J bn* pounds of III" beat n-ilued sugar per 
inliuid-. * 
.da. I 
••(III !" ii | 
After vnur feta (this - 
hoi-, p| ( ,„ "" 'aid a "lie 
rurrow "I’ n ridge on the 
" ''"ii Hie plntits h,w. sr.ipp. d didr 
growth in the fall they should |„ rov.-tv.l 
ui'h •irau lo protect them from tin alter- 
mile livetltig and thawing which would 
bkely lo tir- 1 ", . diem .oil .if the grnimd. 
in imtount "i si raw n»|Uln'd to mulch an 
Jl.re carles 'Mil* ale, old.,. |„„ nlmHI live or 
sh .-ns r m-rv is siitllelent i u most <„<«■* 
lieu tin- w. -dhi r >va rnis up iu tin- 
*'l"l"g and .lie pluuiK romtlieliei- lo gr.uv, 
U; straw i.oidd lie removed from die rows 
Irirt.-.d Ii, die middle l„ very as n 
,|r - v , "' ! "iur m. pi,.,,.- , nn b- 
la "leii In their Moomlug from „| x tc „ 
biys by allowing d,.- siraw to remain 
In /he'sprthr 
in ■ ••uuni in n,i' period of rlppuing t 
i gyl'daos' , ,, mu 
tsfir.'ttsf* ^ ' ■" «-»■ — > s* 
“t SknyrArs 
' with ),,,„ ,, b , 
fnm w ui ..... 
«I" " hiking die litiv out ,,r III, 
B:~ .:rs;: 
..iinT m n till n b ‘ v 11 buss, who 
“ be 11. Ill l„ se, dint the berries 
n •""! Kive deketK tor 
. ;; ■ , 1 »*■ ..i... 
should In v rv ‘‘'"’biug-hous,', Which 
'iry .ouv-unieiit t„ o,,. pa,, !,. 
PROFITS OF HIGH MANURING. 
Peter I tenders. a. relates ail apt lluHtrn- 
lloll Id tbit, sort; it l> not new lo uhlcr n-.ail- 
' rs, but may be to young,. 5 ones. A mai-- 
• t gardener of twenty year*' expertenee. 
ami uln.se preialisi'a had always i,,,,.,, „ „,. r 
r " 1 h.od.-l ot produetlver.es-, prom .tail to 
I -ire.-t diiimvli Ida grouinli- I hlnk 
dip In- land Miin.-icruly rich to earrv a crop 
"t cnl.nage wld.oui mnourc, he gave ir 
nr.."- till flic Ollier side of the Street he 
.Illowed guano at the rate of l.'JOO i.mm.U 
P' r aer. I p„ n d„- .mfertlllze.l part of the 
. old Iguo.js areas lie planted early cill.bngt!*. 
i r'o'ni'vi r, *"L ,lK ''' 1 •H'OUml III* eiilil.ngcN 
" ' il^ d par. film, ,, ImHS „ r ,, 
'* (> .an acre.— E*. 
TO DESTROY THE APPLE APHIS. 
I'" 'bhl« W 1*1, I' 'dCh U post „„ |, Mil, 
.PI. - and "berry Itvc* ;l .s u , || an ros - 
•usf.es. "II. . he de-u-ayvd „• the | rare are 
,',‘.3, - r " l,h *' i,ii -i' keroMciK' 
...tllslon Whale oil *„ap. Ollled M Ive 
;""l tippljcullnn. given 
h "• lie h.ul* upen, fulliow I'd by a weaker 
u , "I «"»»r«..r 
SETTING OUT AN ORCHARD, 
'■."f.-sMo /., |, IlnUey glv, . ,„e r„llow 
llle dl. dd.ee- to .cpr.eenl the oiUhI.I,. are. 
wdn„ "it ’ I'l'tUtll.B ol or.'lmr.lx. 
- ‘.I . , n " M "bowid lo Ink,. | heir 
Apple ... „, (1 
'eac standard, 20 , U ,uf. 
lee. o n " : '""fb'''' ' rod; peach, 2.1 
hvs'l Kvl.r Ml: “I"' 1 " 1 '- feet: g.ape, 
lien v 'l . ' " r, td", IV. lo IIVN; Ida. I. 
> l, “ •" ...spinury, .iv; to ;,vn 
.... „ :l " 'UMfUir. - In • erl all. 
V l.owever, where Ihe *oll I- s.rong 
, "ion. ugh work or 
Iilllvnt.iig. pruning „iu| feri lliv.lng. the*" 
