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Notes on Strawberry Culture 
From a small garden plot wo had a 
very heavy yield of strawberries this 
year, and the berries were in high de¬ 
mand at good prices. However, we had 
five varieties in bearing, only one of 
which was entirely satisfactory, being a 
large, sweet berry, and sold readily, but 
having been taken over from previous 
owner, we are unable to ascertain what 
variety it is. The other varieties are War- 
field. Senator Dunlap. Premier and Pro¬ 
gressive everbearing; the Premier D finite 
satisfactory, but the Warfield and Sena¬ 
tor Dunlap grow very small here, and we 
make no attempt to sell them, the market 
calling only for large, fine-looking berries. 
We wish to increase our berry crop next 
season to about _ one-eighth of an acre, 
and would like instructions as to what 
steps to take to produce a good yielding 
crop at the earliest possible date. Would 
anything be gained by setting out runners 
this Fall, or would next Spring be prefer¬ 
able? Would pot-grown plants set this 
Summer yield fruit next Spring? I would 
like one early, one midseason and one late 
variety of good, large., marketable berries, 
and would like varieties recommended 
suitable for the vicinity of New York. 
New York quotations give the Hilton as 
commanding high figures. Is this a 
choice variety or is it simply an adver¬ 
tising boom of some grower? I would 
particularly like to know what is now 
considered the best system of setting out 
plants; whether the so-called hedge-row. 
matted-row fir hill system, and how far 
apart to set plants. I refer to garden 
intensive cultivation, but do not want to 
walk over runners to gather fruit. Also 
the best method of fertilizing the beds, 
and how many runners should be allowed 
to take root. How often should bed be 
renewed ? H. L. T. 
Rockland Co.. X .Y. 
If the unknown variety you speak of 
is satisfactory, we would propagate it and 
plant it. Far better use this tested va¬ 
riety than take chances with new ones. 
On our own place, only a few miles from 
Rockland County. Campbell's Early. 
Chesapeake, Marshall and Gandy would 
make a good succession of large market 
berries. We should ser out layer plants 
of your superior variety as soon as the 
ground is fit and the plants have root 
enough. You cannot expect a large crop 
next ylear 'from Fall-set plants. The 
plants will give a few good berries, but 
nothing like a large crop. The potted 
plants may give a few more berries than 
the layers, but you cannot expect a full 
crop before the following season. For 
a fancy berry we would plant in hills and 
handle them about as described on page 
118S. We think the word ‘"Hilton'’ re¬ 
fers more to the locality in New Jersey, 
where many fine berries are grown, and 
not so much to a particular variety. 
There are a number of growers around 
Hilton who follow practically the same 
methods, and thus put a uniform product 
on the market. Fruit-growers there have, 
we think, generally grown the Marshall. 
At one time there was a “Hilton” berry." 
but it seemed to be an improved or se¬ 
lected Marshall. We should use one of 
the ready-mixed fruit fertilizers or a mix¬ 
ture of one part nitrate of soda, one part 
dried blood, and four parts acid phos¬ 
phate—S00 lbs. or more per acre. Most 
ot this would be used when the plants are 
set, the balance in the following August. 
Hill plants kept clean and with the run¬ 
ners well trimmed off can be fruited four 
or five years. 
Roses from Root Cuttings 
. J » chance to get a slip of a beau- 
titul white rose, but people tell me I can¬ 
not root it; that it is a graft, and that 
everyone who tried to root it failed. I 
nave no trouble rooting climbers. How 
can I root this rose? w. H. 
Lakewood, N. Jt 
Some varieties of roses do not roo 1 
easuy from cuttings, and it may be tha 
tne white rose referred to is one of these 
ine tact that it is a graft would no 1 
m l ^' ^ oss ' briar and other rose: 
nut do not grow easily from cuttings o 
the wood may be propagated from rool 
cuttings. It. is quite possible to take sucl 
cuttings late in the Fall, after growtl 
uas ceased, without digging up the plant 
merely uncovering a piece of root and cut 
mg it. vN hile a large root is best, a pieci 
only one-sixteenth of an inch thick will 
gl '°'y-. * tit into pieces 2 or 3 in. long and 
i’> i. 111 ( ^ am P moss or clean, sharp sand 
■ii'K in well-drained boxes or large flowei 
P"K which should bo perfectly clean. 
,’,r. 111 [be open ground, or set in a coo] 
' e lar, which is more convenient, as the 
[• can be examined from time to 
u -. u ’; bey should form buds during tin 
niter: u they come along too rapidly a 
loler place should be selected, or be 
moved to a warmer temperature it' thev 
uo not show signs of making buds before 
^‘ ng " As soon as the ground can be 
• thes ® cuttings are planted 2 in. 
'' Pi m good soil, well firmed above them, 
they usually grow well. 
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