How To Grow Strawberries 
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Strawberries are grown from Florida to Alaska successfully 
SOILS AND FERTILIZERS 
Both heavy and light soils may yrow good crops. Soils 
should be well drained and contain a large amount of humus for 
best results. 
HOW TO PREPARE LAND 
Select a site that has good air drainage to avoid late spring 
and early fall frosts. 
Land that has been in sod the previous year should be 
ivoided because of white grubs. 
If possible plan your crop two years in advance, plow under 
a crop of clover, alfalfa, or sweet clover and grow a cultivated 
crop the following year in order to clean out weeds. If manure 
is added it would be better to add it to the field before the 
cultivated crop (potatoes, corn, or similar crop) is grown. 
WHEN AND WHERE TO ORDER PLANTS 
Order your plants early. It permits the plant grower to 
plan for orderly shipment of plants in the spring. 
WHEN TO PLANT 
Plant as early in the spring as soil can be properly worked 
for best results. Order your plants to arrive when the normal time 
for working the land occurs in your area. 
CARE OF PLANTS ON ARRIVAL 
If possible set plants immediately. If this is not possible 
heel the plants in a trench. The trench should be in a shaded spot 
and dug in a V shape. Plants should be removed from the bundle 
and placed in the trench with roots spread out and tops of crown 
level with ground line. Several layers of plants may be set to- 
gether. The roots should be covered with soil and well watered 
and packed to prevent drying out until plants are to be set out. 
