10 GEORGE RENNIE FARM, ANDOVER, MASS. 
spaced nine inches apart and he picked from the 
500 plants 1300 quarts of berries. All the growers 
in that town are following his system now. Some 
growers may think this is too much work. Suppose 
you try spacing the plants in two or three rows and 
compare with the rest of your bed. 
HOW WE PREPARE OUR LAND FOR 
STRAWBERRIES 
We plant one quarter 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. This keeps the 
land well filled with humus and holds the moisture. 
When a dry time comes the plants will never show 
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We fertilize with hen manure mostly and stable 
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 
between 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 five or six 
plants, then hoe it in. 
Order your plants early. A small remittance is 
all that is required with your order. Send balance 
when you want plants shipped. 
