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and moist and the fruit dean. In the South, when 
a mulch is used it need not be applied until just 
before the buds start in the spring. In irrigated 
sections of the West the mulch is not needed for 
winter protection and is frequently not used at all. 
Where a mulch is used, wheat, oat or rye straw, or 
marsh grass serves the purpose best. About 2 to 
3 tons to the acre should be used. Spring rains 
will make this heavy and it should be pulled to 
the center of the rows as the plants start to grow. 
Renewing the Old Bed 
Different methods are followed in renewing an 
old bed. Here is a good one. 
1. As soon as the fruiting season is over, plow the 
open spaces between the rows, cutting the bed to 
about 12 to 15 inches. Then make a liberal appli¬ 
cation of manure, throwing most of it into the 
furrows on each side of the row of plants. Work the 
soil back into the furrows with a cultivator. Then 
go through with a hoe and cut out all the old plants 
and thin out some of the others, if the row is thick. 
Yoiyig plants will start, out and enough should be 
kept to produce the next crop. 
2. Another method is to cut off the old leaves 
with a mowing machine. This clears out all the 
dead foliage, but does not hurt the crowns. After 
it is well dried out, rake the rubbish to the space 
between the rows and burn it. This cleans the bed 
and makes it work easier, and at the same time des¬ 
troys all insect pests and plant diseases and restores 
some potash to the soil. After this, the plants are 
cultivated and hoed the same as in a new bed. For 
second crop under the hill system, trim the plant 
closely after fruiting season and then keep the soil 
worked. New roots will be found just above the 
old ones and the same plant with new roots will pro¬ 
duce, a second crop. 
In the single-hedge system leave young plants in 
the rows the same distance apart as the original 
plants, chop out the others, and then treat in the 
same way as a newly set patch. In the triple hedge¬ 
row, plow off two outside rows and proceed the same 
as with the single hedge, allowing runners to grow 
and form the two outside hedgerows, as in the first 
year after planting. 
Perfect and Imperfect Varieties 
It is well known that some varieties of Straw¬ 
berries, if planted alone, will produce only small, 
knotty fruit. Others will produce a few good berries 
and many poor ones. Still others, planted alone, 
will bear a good crop of perfect fruit. This is due 
to the fact that the blossoms of some varieties have 
only the female parts (or pistils); others have pistils 
and enough male parts (or stamens) to produce a 
little pollen; and still others have pistils and plenty 
of stamens to produce ample pollen for fertilizing 
the pistils. 
Perfect. The blossoms of a perfect-flowering 
variety contain both male and female parts and 
will produce a crop of berries without being pollen- 
LOOKING FINE 
In the spring of 1915 I sent for some berry plants. They 
surely did come in fine shape. They all lived and are looking 
fine. They made a fine bed; I have just mulched them. I am 
more than proud of them.— Sidney Thorne, Washington, 
D. C., January 19, 1916. 
OUR PLANTS SURPASS DESCRIPTIONS 
Your berry book is the best that has come to my hand this 
season and the plants you ship far surpass the descriptions 
given in it.—E dw. T. Ruhlman, Washington County, Mi., 
January 31, 1916. 
ized by any other variety. In our price-list these 
varieties are followed by “Per.” 
Imperfect. The blossoms of an imperfect-flowering 
variety have only the pistils and will not produce a 
crop of fruit without being fertilized by the pollen 
of some perfect-flowering variety. These varieties 
are followed by “Imp.” in our price-list. In some 
cases there are only a few stamens produced and 
we have marked them “Imp.,” unless there are 
enough to pollenize the pistils properly and produce 
perfect fruit. Imperfect varieties as a rule are heav¬ 
ier producers than perfect ones and not so suscep¬ 
tible .to injury by late frosts. 
It is a good idea to have more than one variety of 
perfect as well as imperfect kinds in the field, as an 
exchange of pollen even between perfect sorts is 
beneficial and tends to produce better fruit and 
larger yields. Please remember that in all cases we 
are always ready and anxious to help you in the 
selection of varieties and give specific information 
about the mating of different varieties, whenever 
such information is desired. 
Number of Plants Required to 
Set an Acre of Ground at a Given 
Distance 
Rows 
24 ins. 
apart, plants 12 inches in row, 
21,780 
30 
12 “ “ 
17,424 
36 
12 “ “ 
14,520 
42 
u it j2 li 
12,446 
48 
12 “ “ 
10,890 
24 
17,424 
30 
13,939 
36 
11,616 
42 
9,956 
48 
8,712 
24 
14,520 
30 
1 i a j g i 1 a 
11,616 
36 
a 11 j g a a 
9,680 
42 
“ “ 18 
8,297 
48 
“ “ 18 
7,260 
24 
24 “ “ 
10,890 
30 
“ “ 24 “ “ 
8,712 
3b 
“ “ 24 “ “ 
7,260 
42 
“ 24 “ “ 
6,223 
48 
24 “ “ 
5,445 
24 
30 “ “ 
8,712 
30 
30 “ “ 
6,969 
3b 
“ 30 “ “ 
5,808 
42 
3° “ “ 
4,978 
48 
A Useful Table 
4,356 
18 ins. 
apart give 9,800 yards of row per acre 
24 
7,350 
30 
“ “ 5,880 “ 
33 
“ 5,323 “ 
36 
“ “ 4,900 “ 
“ 
42 
“ “ 4,200 “ 
48 
“ 3,675 
i L 
54 
“ 3,267 •• 
i i 
60 
“ 2,940 “ 
tt 
FINE! FINE! 
Year before last, I sent to you for a good start of Progressive 
and Superb Strawberry plants, and they were fine. I have cited 
you to many people, where they could get true-to-name plants. 
I am an enthusiast for everbearing berries and have many 
good words for The W. F. Allen Co.—I. L. Turman, Posey 
County, Ind., April 25, 1916. 
OUR CUSTOMERS BECOME OUR FRIENDS 
I like to get your Strawberry book. I love to show it to my 
neighbors and tell them you are the men to buy plants from.— 
John Roman, Jefferson County, Ky., January 27, 1916. 
