Vol. LXXXI. 
Published Weekly by The Rural Publishing Co., 
333 W. 30th St.. New York. Price One Dollar a Year. 
NEW YORK. JULY 8. 1022 
Entered as Second-Class Matter. Tune 2fi. 1ST0. at the Post 
Office at New York. N. Y.. under the Act of March 3. HTO. 
No. 4G98 
Story of a New Jersey Strawberry Crop 
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manage to get two crops in the two seasons, straw¬ 
berries and cauliflower, for after picking iny berries 
the year after planting the plants, I plow the ground 
and plant my late cauliflower on July 10. One can 
get three crops on the same ground in two seasons 
by planting sweet corn between the strawberry 
Chesapeake Strawberries Three Years Oltl 
plants, but the ground must be in a high state of 
cultivation to give a good yield of corn and a good 
growth of plant. 1 do not advise this method unless 
one is cramped for space, as I find the young run¬ 
ners that root near the corn do not have the same 
thrift as the others, which are unhampered by other 
growth. 
SETTING THE BERRIES.—My procedure in 
planting a strawberry bed is as follows: I select 
a plot of ground that has been plowed the previous 
year, plow as soon in the Spring as ground is dry 
enough, then sow a complete fertilizer, say 4 per 
cent ammonia, 10 per cent phosphoric acid and S 
Per cent potash, at the rate of one ton per acre. Do 
not spare the fertilizer if you want a good growth 
and a large return for the money invested. Then 
harrow and drag until the soil is very tine-and level. 
I then mark my rows 4 ft. apart. This is wide 
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Mayflower Sweet Corn, on Left: Beans on Right 
It keeps the ground in a nice porous condition, and 
kills the young weeds as soon as they germinate. 
If this rule is followed up it will save a lot of hard, 
tedious work hoeing out the weeds after the runners 
are rooted, lhe reason I advocate using fertilizer 
instead of manure is that it is free from weed seed. 
Chesapeake Strawberry Plants Under Pipe* Set April 6,1922. Photographed June S 
Looking Across the $2,000 Acre Truck Plot. Lettuce Heads 26 to Barrel 
