Below is pictured a Fall set Strawberry bed. Each plant 
is covered with 2 quarts of pine sawdust of ter the ground 
freezes or shortly before. Of 20,000 plants set last Fall. our 
loss was about one percent. 
7000 QUARTS TO THE ACRE 
From Everbearing Strawberries by the 
Sawdust Mulch System 
This is possible the first growing season and the same 
amount the second year under the spaced row system, if the 
soil conditions and location are favorable. 
It is being done in home gardens and in larger commercial 
plantings. See diagram showing method of planting. Use such 
varieties as Gem, Streamliner, and Superfection for best re- 
sults and set your plants early in April, if possible. 
This revolutionary new system has increased interest in 
growing Everbearing Strawberries tremendously. Plants are 
set in rows one foot apart, plants one foot apart in the row. 
Plant four such rows, then leave a space of two feet to pro- 
vide a path. Then plant four more rows and another path, 
and so on. 
The first crop of weeds usually appears two or three 
weeks after planting. After the first hoeing, the entire bed 
should be covered with one inch of sawdust; either hard or soft 
wood will do. 
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