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HARRISONS’ NURSERIES 
If you grow Strawberries for market, always use care and neatness in packing your fruit. 
The 32-basket crate shown here is the best container 
Strawberries 
FOR HOME-GARDEN 
OR MARKET FIELD 
Land intended for Strawberries should be well subdued for a year or so before 
the plants are put in. _Do not plant Strawberries on the same land formerly 
used for an old bed until it has been cultivated in other crops for two or three 
years. Plant in the spring. The matted row is the only practical commercial 
system, though the hedge system has been used by some successful growers. 
This system undoubtedly produces the finer berries, though it requires more 
work. The hill system is suitable for gardens, where the plants are for recrea¬ 
tion and entertainment rather than for the value of the berries they produce. 
When planting by the matted-row system, put the plants in rows 3 to 4 feet 
apart, and 15 to 24inches apart in the rows. ^ Let them make runners all summer, 
and by fall you will have a thick row as wide as you permit the runners to set 
crowns. This should not be more than 12 to 15 inches. A cutter on the culti¬ 
vator will clip the ends of runners that grow too wide. Old beds may be turned 
over, then all of the matted rows but about 6 inches at the centers ought to be 
turned down with a land-side plow.^ Go over the remaining plants with a hoe, 
and cut out all that have borne fruit, leaving the remaining young plants 6 or 
8 inches apart. Then level off the plowed surface between the rows with a 
fine-toothed cultivator, and mulch the whole surface in the fall. North of 
southern Pennsylvania, mulches are necessary to protect plants from cold, as 
well as to keep the berries out of the dirt, but south of that the straw should not 
be put on till spring. 
A hundred plants will make a pa,tch for a family of four—but there won’t be 
any surplus fruit. Better set five hundred plants, and have fruit for preserving 
or to sell to your neighbors. If the berries are not disposed of when freshly 
picked they may be preserved or canned for winter use. No waste here, you see. 
Hagrison Strawberry plants are the best that can be produced. If you have 
never bought any from us, iticlude some with your order for trees, and we know 
