~e Strawberry Plants 
GLLOW LEAF 
PRICES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 
100,003 & OVER . $1.75 Per Thousand 
LESS THAN 100,000 . $2.00 Per Thousand 
f. o. b. Greenfield 
LESSTHAN 1,000 50c Per Hundred, Postpaid. 
For the information of many persons who 
may be interested in setting strawberries for the 
first time, and would like to know the cultural 
practices that have been successful in this area, I 
am including the following information: 
The fields should be well drained and free 
from weeds and grass seed. While fertile soil is 
r.ecessary, an excessively rich plot of ground will 
cause an overdevelopment of plant and decrease 
the yield of fruit- Strawberries set following corn 
have never done well in this section. 
The ground should be carefully prepared as 
in the preparation c'f the seedbed for corn. The 
rows should be bedded with low ridges 3 1-2 feet 
apart. 
The plants should be set at two and one half 
foot intervals. With this spacing, between 4,000 
and 4.500 plants are required for an acre. The 
- method of setting that I prefer is carried on by 
two persons. One person uses an ordinary shovel 
and makes a hole with one stroke in the carefully 
prepared seedbed, and at the same time the other 
person places a plant in the hole, using a slinging 
motion. The hole is then closed by pressure from 
the foot- Great care should be exercised to get all 
the roots covered and also to leave the crown ex¬ 
posed. 
After the plants are set, the cultivation is 
mostly carried on with a riding cultivator using 
side harrows, but a fourteen tooth cultivator can 
be used successfully. Frequent hoeings ar e neces¬ 
sary and at each time of hoeing the runners should 
be carefully placed so as to get a solid mass of 
plants. 
Applications of fertilizers are recommended 
for use in the fall following setting and before 
the bloom period the following spring. 
The most successful tim e for setting in this 
section is late February and March, but it varies 
with the climate and is usually as soc'n as the 
winter freezes are over. 
