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Irrigation. Where water is available, irriga¬ 
tion, or supplying the plants with needed water 
in some way, is very essential. 
Water can be supplied to the plants by digging 
a shallow trough (3-4 inches) on either side of 
the row about 42 in. from the plants and filling 
these trenches full of water in the evening. After 
it has soaked well into the soil so there is no 
danger of “puddling” the soil in the trench, draw 
the soil back into the trenches leaving a smooth 
surface. This can be done next morning. Repeat 
as often as necessary to keep the plants vigorous, 
fresh, and thrifty. 
Keeping off the Blossoms. Newly set 
plants should not be allowed to bloom. Pinch 
them off as soon as they are noticed in the 
crowns of the plants. 
Cultivation. Start cultivating and hoeing 
shortly after the plants are set and keep it up 
all summer, not allowing crusts to form or the 
soil to become hard after rains. Shallow (2 y 2 
inches) cultivation is best. It would be well to 
cultivate or stir the soil about the plants or be¬ 
tween the rows once a week. 
Mulching Around Plants. By placing 
straw, chaff, or other fine materials around the 
plants to a depth of 2 or 3 inches, the soil beneath 
can be kept moist and cool. The berries will also 
be held off the soil and will not be sandy after 
the rains. Mulches should not be disturbed dur¬ 
ing cultivation or hoeing. If material is available, 
it is often advised to mulch between the rows as 
well as around the plants. 
Winter mulch is placed over the plants to pro¬ 
tect them from and prevent the alternate freezing 
and thawing which often takes place during the 
late winter and early spring. Get the mulch on 
in the early winter before the ground freezes two 
or three inches deep, spreading it evenly over the 
plants four to six inches deep. Placed between 
the rows also if desired. Use straw or other simi¬ 
lar materials, anything that will not mat down 
and smother the plants. Remove part of it in the 
spring after the danger of hard freezing is over, 
leaving just enough so the new leaves and blos¬ 
som stocks can come through it. Fill in between 
the rows with the removed mulch. 
Grow 4 Times More 
STRA WBERRIES 
KEITH'S NEW WAY 
A Keith Strawberry Bed 
This lady grew all the berries her family 
could use and had many to sell. 
Keith’s Most Popular 
Strawberry Bed 
It’s 4 ft. wide by 25 ft. long, takes 
4 rows, 25 plants in all, and from 
which you should pick at least 100 qts. 
of beautiful berries. To make the bed 
very attractive and easy to tend, sur¬ 
round it with a 4-inch board set on 
edge and fill in around the plants with 
fine straw, lawn clippings, etc., as a 
mulch to keep down weeds and keep 
the berries clean. Remember, only 100 
plants and they can be in one to four 
varieties as you wish. 
A New and Better Way to Grow More and Better Berries. 
Large areas are NOT needed. Grow four times more 
berries from same size plots. Why use more space. Keith s 
New Way of growing strawberries requires only one-third 
the space required by old way and you can harvest four 
times the berries. Set three parallel rows one foot apart 
and space the plants one foot apart in each row. If you 
wish a wider bed (4 ft.) set four rows. "We suggest this 
width for bed will take just 100 plants, 25 to the row. The 
bed will be 4 ft. wide and 25 ft. long. 
Keith’s Most Popular Strawberry Bed 
Here Keith offers a Strawberry Bed that will meet your 
family need. It consists of only 100 strawberry plants in 
our four leading varieties as listed below in our Special 
Offer No. 1. This Strawberry Bed will take a plot of ground 
only 4 feet wide and 25 feet long. The plants are set 12 in. 
apart in 4 rows, spaced 12 inches apart, each row being 25 
feet long. The bed should be surrounded with 4-inch boards 
set on edge thus making a frame to hold a mulch of straw, 
lawn clippings, etc., which you place around and between 
the plants to keep down weeds, hold moisture and keep the 
berries clean.. (See “Mulching” top this page). 
It takes only 100 plants to supply 
the average family with plenty 
berries when set this New Way. 
SFECIAL OFFER NO 1 
In Keith’s Popular 
Strawberry Bed 
For Postage See Page 
22 
25 Premier .35 
25 I>orsett .35 
25 Blakemore .30 
25 Catskill .40 
$1.40 
Special Price 
Only 
* 1.25 
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On© of Keith’s Popular Strawberry Be<ls 
This Strawberry Bed. requires only 100 plants and a small space four 
feet wide and twenty-five feet long. Bears enough for average family. 
