In this system runners are not used at all but are removed as 
Soon as they appear, giving the plants a chance to produce earli- 
er and larger crops of big berries. 
When the first weeds appear, two or three weeks from planting, 
they are removed with a hoe. As soon as this is done, the entire 
area is covered with a layer of sawdust mulch one-inch thick. 
After the mulch is applied, if weeds should come up, they must 
be pulled and not hoed out because hoeing would mix the sawdust 
in with the soil and destroy its effectiveness as a mulch. 
Either hard- or soft-wood sawdust may be used. A temporary ni- 
trogen deficiency may develop but this can be remedied by the use 
of a nitrogen fertilizer. Nitrogen deficiency will not be a prob- 
lem unless the sawdust is mixed with the soil. And, sawdust does 
not make the soil acid as many persist in believing. 
About 2 cubic yards of fresh or weathered sawdust are needed 
to mulch a 15 by 40 foot patch. If sawdust is not available, peat- 
moss, ground corn cobs, fine shavings or chopped straw may be 
substituted. For purposes of winter protection, a full inch of 
mulch should be maintained. 
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NEW STRAWBERRY PYRAMID BED 
The new strawberry pyramid was designed especially for ever- 
bearing varieties !ike RED RICH. Mulched with sawdust, vermicu- 
lite, ground corn cobs or other mulch, they bear heavily when 
others are through. 
On newly set piants, blossoms should be removed as soon as 
they appear for the first two or three months or until the plants 
are well established, after which the blossoms may be allowed to 
develop, and you can expect to pick ripe berries until frost. 
20TH CENTURY EVERBEARING STRAWBERRY 
20th Century strawberry has been popular for a good many 
years in the West, and now some in the East claim it is the 
best everbearer they have tested. It has been grown commer- 
cially over a wide area in the West. It is inclined to turn 
dark after being picked for a day. It is productive and has an 
excellent flavor. 
This variety is sometimes called Utah Everbearing. There is 
a variety called Utah Centennial, which has been said to have 
been a chance seedling which came from a planting of 20th Cen- 
tury, Rockhill; Streamliner, Evermore and Lindalicious. But 
most reports we have received have stated that after growing 
20th Century and Utah Centennial side by side they could see no 
difference between them. One such report came from the Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station in Utah. 
