STRAWBERRY SPECIALISTS 9 
HOW WE PREPARE OUR LAND FOR 
STRAWBERRIES 

We plant one quarier of our land to strawberry 
plants every year. Every Fall the land that is not in 
strawberries is planted to winter rye. This is plowed 
under in the Spring, about the middle of June. 
Then we plant buckwheat and this is plowed under 
when it starts to form seed. For every crop of straw- 
berry plants that we take off the land we plow 
under three crops of rye and three crops of buck- 
wheat. This keeps the land well filled with humus 
and holds the moisture. When a dry time comes 
the plants never show it. 
We fertilize with hen manure mostly and horse 
manure when we can get it. This is plowed under 
in the Fall. The land is plowed again in the Spring, 
then harrowed until it is nice and mellow and ready 
for planting. We always get our plants set out be- 
tween the first and twentieth of April. About two 
weeks after planting we use a 4-12-4 fertilizer to 
start the plants, a handful to every three or four 
plants, then hoe it in. 
CATSKILL (Per.) Midseason 
The Catskill is a midseason berry; ripens about 
a week after the Howard 17. A cross of the Mar- 
shall and Howard 17, the plants are large, very 
vigorous and yield very heavy crops. The berries 
are very large, firm, bright red in color, glossy and 
attractive, and good quality. The bright, shiny red 

Order your plants early. A small remittance is 
all that is required with your order. Send balance 
when you want plants shipped. 
