Cover each plant set in the fall with about three quarts of 
pine sawdust after or shortly before the ground freezes, to 
keep them from heaving. Eight or 10 inches in diameter and 
three or four inches deep is enough for strawberries. Brush it 
off the crowns in the spring, leaving the rest on the ground to 
work into the soil. 
Pine sawdust around most any small fruit plants in the fall 
is a good thing to prevent heaving. You will find fall set plants 
make more runners then when set in April and will bear a 
larger crop. It will save much valuable time in the spring that 
can be used for other work. 
From our own experience, we can highly recommend fall 
planting. We do most of our setting that way now. 
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. 
Some weeds will grow up through the sawdust within 
a few weeks after it is applied. These weeds should be re- 
moved by pulling, as hoeing would mix the sawdust with the 
soil and eliminate its mulch effect. The sawdust will keep 
your berries clean, conserve moisture and suppress weed 
growth. 
All blossoms which develop on newly-set plants should 
be removed until early July, or later if plants are set later 
than the first two weeks in April. Let plants get well estab- 
lished before you allow the blossoms to remain on them. 
Berries start to ripen about one month after full bloom. Run- 
ners should be removed from plants entire season for best 
results. 
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