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 removed by pulling, as hoe- 
ing would mix the sawdust with the soil and eliminate its mulch effect. 
The sawdust will keep your berries clean, conserve moisture and sup- 
press 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 established before you allow the blossoms 
to remain on them. Berries start to ripen about one month after full 
ego Runners should be removed from plants entire season for best 
results. 
A fine crop should be harvested the following Spring also. The saw- 
dust mulch seems to give satisfactory protection over the Winter period. 
If the Spring application was too light, a renewal layer of sawdust can 
be added. A full inch of mulch should be maintained. 
For those who would like to try this very promising new method 
of getting berries the year plants are set, we have a fine lot of Ever- 
bearers—Gem, Streamliner, or Superfection and 20th Century. 
The diagram below shows way of planting an Everbearing Straw- 
berry bed that should produce 100 quarts of wonderful berries the first 
year. Plants are set four rows wide, with plants spaced one foot apart 
each way. Space of two feet for path between each four rows. 500 
plants required to set a bed 15 feet by 40 feet. 
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