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DIRECTIONS FOR GARDEN CULTURE. 
To Cultivate the Strawberry —for family use, we recommend planting in 
beds four feet wide, with an alley two feet wide between. These beds will accom¬ 
modate three rows of plants, which may stand fifteen inches apart each way, and 
the outside row nine inches from the alley. These beds can be kept clean, and 
the fruit can be gathered from them without setting the feet upon them. 
Culture in Hills. — This is the best mode that can l>e adopted for the garden. To 
obtain fine, large, high-flavored fruit, pinch off the runners as fast as they appear, 
repeating the operation as often as may be necessary during the Summer. Every 
runner thus removed produces a new crown at the center of the plant, and in the 
Fall the plants will have formed large bushes or stools on which the finest Straw¬ 
berries may be expected the following season. In the meantime the ground 
among the plants should be kept clear of weeds, and frequently stirred with a hoe 
or fork. 
Covering in Winter. —Where the winters are severe, with little snow for pro¬ 
tection, a slight covering of leaves, or litter or the branches of evergreens, will be 
of great service. This covering should not be placed over the plants till after the 
ground is frozen, usually from the middle of November till the first of December 
in this locality. Fatal errors are often made by putting on too much and too early. 
Care must also be taken to remove the covering in Spring just as soon as the plants 
begin to grow. 
Mulching to keep the Fruit Clean. — Before the fruit begins to ripen, 
mulch the ground among the plants with short hay or straw, or grass mowings 
from the lawn, or anything of that sort. This will not only keep the fruit clean, 
but will prevent the ground from drying and baking, and thus lengthen the fruit¬ 
ing season. Tan bark am also be used jus a mulch. 
jg&jyA bed managed in this way will give two full crops, and should then be spaded 
or ploughed down, a new one having been in the meantime prepared to take its 
place. 
DIRECTIONS FOR FIELD CULTURE. 
The same directions with regard to soil, time of planting, protection and mulching 
as given above, are applicable when planting on a large scale. 
The Matted Row System — The mode of growing usually pursued—has its 
advantages for field culture, but cannot be recommended for the garden. In the 
field we usually plant in rows three to four feet apart, and the plants a foot to a 
foot and a half apart in the row. In this case much of the labor is performed 
with the horse and cultivator. 
How to Ascertain the Number of Plants Required for an 
Acre.— The number of plants required for an acre, at any given distance apart,, 
may be ascertained by dividing the number of square feet in an acre (43,560) by 
the number of square feet given to each plant, which is obtained by multiplying 
the distance between rows by the distance between tl^ plants. Thus Strawberries 
planted three feet by one foot, give each plant three square feet, or 14,520 plants 
to the acre. 
