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E ^\ Slud ^l 5u f Icombe C °-> N - c -> who writes under date of August 16 , 2915, as follows: 
% % ph °{°^ p h op my Strawberry patch. I bought the plants from you in March, 1914, and this spring 
J,650 quarts from 2,800 plants. They were Haverland, Tennessee Prolific and Gandy, but Haverland is my favorite.’ 1 
Suggestions for Planting Strawberries 
the small fruits the Strawberry is probably of the greatest commercial importance 
in this country. There is no plant that adapts itself so well to all conditions and to all 
v H sorts of soil, whether loam, sand or clay. Good drainage is absolutely essential, but the 
Ifl plants should have a liberal supply of moisture at fruiting season, therefore a “springy” 
ftM so ^ * s k. e preferred. Avoid setting the plants in land that has been for a long time in 
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or the grass seeds which may be brought in. If commercial fertilizer is used it can be 
made at home, and the following formula is probably the best: Acid phosphate (16 per cent), 900 lbs.: 
n u tra /j u so I ?°. lbs.; fish-scrap, 600 lbs.; sulfate of potash, 400 lbs. This will make a ton. This fertilizer 
should be applied broadcast and worked well into the soil before the plants are set, or applied as a top- 
dressing and worked into the soil after the plants have started to grow. Don’t put directly under the plants 
when setting, as thousands upon thousands of Strawberry plants have been killed in this way, and the one 
furnishing the plants accused of furnishing poor stock. We repeat, don’t put commercial fertilizer directly 
under Strawberry plants, when setting. 
r 11 piddle ai }d northern states Strawberries should be planted in the spring. In the southern states 
tall and spring planting are both practicable. The plants should be set as early in spring as the soil can be 
worked, the earlier the better. If the plants are grown in matted rows, a distance of 3^ feet between 
the rows is best, but if for garden culture they can be set in hills 15 inches by 3 feet. If planted in this 
latter way, and the runners are kept off, you can get large crops of berries. For field culture the matted 
row is a method in general use. In large plantings furrows are run from 3^ to 4 feet apart, and another 
lurrow thrown from each side, making a small ridge, which should be raked flat enough so that the plants 
will be level after first cultivation. This gives you a good, mellow bed for planting. The plants are set in 
this row, and it is especially important that they be set at the proper depth. The crown of the roots should 
be even with the surface of the soil, and the earth pressed firmly about them. Some growers set plants as 
close as 15 inches m the rows, but the usual distance is from 20 to 24 inches. 
Strawberry plants bear pistillate and staminate blossoms, and in planting pistillate varieties a row of 
the staminate sorts should be set about every fourth or fifth row. Some commercial growers recommend 
planting the perfect-flowering sorts every third row. 
It is advisable in the middle states and in the North in general to protect the plants in winter. A mulch 
of wheat-straw^ or salt meadow-hay should be applied in the late fall, just enough to cover the crowns of 
the plants. With the earliest start of the leaves in the spring, the mulch should be pulled back from the 
plants and left on the beds to keep the fruit clean. After the mulch is off, and before the fruiting season, 
keep a sharp lookout for weeds that will start in the rows. After the plants have fruited, if the beds are to 
be carried over for a second crop, cultivation should be started at once and continued the balance of the 
Our Testimonials . E ^ er y testimonial m this catalogue was sent us without solicitation. We never 
j" „„„ y , .. -- ask , for them, but we appreciate them all the more. We shall be pleased to 
iwI«Z°!L£!! ad th , Cn ?’ a ? d wdl , then and erstand why we have so many friends who recommend us to other 
friends who want plants We wish we had room for more—we have hundreds of them. 
