JUDSONIA, ARKANSAS 17 
PLANTING AND CULTURE 
OF THE VINE BERRY 
othe best time to set our plants is as early in the 
spring as the ground is workable. Plants should be set 
in rows 8 or 9 feet each way. 
PLANTING PROMPTLY: Plants should be set as 
soon as received. If they appear dry when received, 
place in water to soak for a few minutes. If ground is 
not ready, hiil them in furrow; shelter from sun until 
ground is ready for the plants. 
FERTILIZING: If the soil is deficient in humus and 
plant food, barnyard manure can advantageously be ap- 
plied before the initial plowing and then thoroughly 
worked into the soil before the plants are set out. Do 
not put any fertilizer under the hill when planting, as 
that will burn them up. However, owing to the heavy 
cane growth and adundant fruiting of these berries, they 
should be fertilized to provide the plant food necessary, 
preferably in late fall or early spring. 
TRELLISING: The canes should be put on wires just 
before the buds begin opening in the spring. First wire 
should be 30 inches off the ground and the second year 
you should add another wire some 15 inches above the 
first. You should do this for the reason of a much heav- 
ier growth of vines for the second year. 
PRUNING: Each spring new canes will start growing 
for the bearing of the following year’s crop. We advise 
the removing of these canes when they are 12 inches to 
two feet in height. In other words, raising one crop at 
a time, first the berry crop, and then the cane crop for 
the next year’s bearing. Then when the berry crop is 
finished and the canes that have been bearing are cut 
off, the new canes are allowed to grow on the ground as 
the first summer. 
Polk City, Florida 
Have received all the plants and have them set. Am 
well pleased with them. They apparently measure right 
up to the Waller standard in every respect. Thank you 
for the care taken in handling this order. 
Yours truly, UPAR: 
St. Louis, Missouri 
Gentlemen: 
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you 
for the strawberry plants you sent this week. You were 
most generous and your thoughtfulness was greatly ap- 
preciated. 
Respectfully, Harry D. 
Blackwell, Oklahoma 
Dear Sirs: 
Plants you sent a year ago were the best I ever 
had and the berries in May were the largest and finest 
I have ever seen. 
Yours very truly, Baa Ve ie 
