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Fruit in Two Years—One Spring Crop and Two Fall Crops. 
straight into the soil as deep as they formerly grew. We aim to keep the 
ground free from weeds by horse cultivation and hand hoeing until growth 
stops in the fall. In applying fertilizer, our rule is to put one-third on the 
ground before plants are set, one-third while they are growing the first 
year, and one-third in the spring before the growth starts, the fruiting year. 
We use from 500 to 2,000 pounds, depending upon the previous richness of 
the soil. The fertilizer should analyze as near 4 per cent nitrogen, 10 per 
cent phos. acid and 10 per cent potash as is possible. We cover the fields 
with straw or some other mulch about December 1st for winter protection. 
This also acts as a carpet or mulch to keep the weeds down, the berries 
clean and from drying up in fruiting season, if carefully removed from over 
the plants and placed between the rows in early spring after severe freezing 
is over. We have heard of strawberry fields that have yielded nearly 50,00Cf 
quarts to the acre under special treatment and when plants are set thickly. 
When set in ordinary rows they have been known to go nearly 25,000 to 
the acre. On our farm we have had Parker Earle go 15,000 quarts to the 
acre and other varieties even more. Special varieties often yield from $500 
to $1,000 to the acre in Oswego county. The man who takes hold of the 
strawberry business and sticks to it for a term of years, usually pays off 
his mortgage and becomes well-to-do. lie gets more money from a few 
acres, has less to pay out, and no more to do than the big fellow who farms 
200 acres in ordinary crops. 
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November 11, 1910. After the last strawberries. From Farmer’s Book, “The 
Fall Bearing Strawberries.” Given free with $10.00 orders._ 
IMPORTANT 
We supply 6 plants at dozen rates, 50 at 100, and 500 at 1,000 rates, re¬ 
spectively. When the order amounts to $10 or more, we allow patrons to 
select 25 at 100 rates; 250 at 1,000 rates, and also give free one copy of 
Farmer on the Strawberry. All plants are sent postpaid at single and 
dozen prices. On large quantities the postage and packing is 30c per 100 
