Springville Herald | 1949-04-28 | Page 4 | Booklet Available on Growing of Strawberries

s white grubs. A description of, and tv trol for. the following m e strawberries are given in n?3 section: root rot, powderv leaf spot and leaf scoTri4' mold or sour berry, chlom lows and crinkle, and cat -nubbins, or hard end 'acit: Booklet Available On Growing Of Strawberries "Strawberries A Way to Grow Them in Utah" is the title of the latest bulletin published by Utah State Agricultural College Extension Service. Single copies of it may be obtained ob-tained free of charge, at the office of-fice of the local county agricultural agricul-tural extension agent. Printed in handy pocket size, the 16-page bulletin has three sections: (1) a way to grow strawberries in Utah; (2) insects of strawberries, strawber-ries, and (3) diseases of strawberries. strawber-ries. Bulletin is written by Clarence Clar-ence D. Ashton, extension horticulturist. horti-culturist. Topics treated under the first section are: soils and location, varieties and planting stock, preparation pre-paration of soil for planting, planting plant-ing number of plants per acre, general care during first year, irrigation, irri-gation, and care following harvest of the first crop. In the section on insects of strawberries, a description and the cure for the following pests are given: spider mites, flower thrips, root weevils, leaf roller, spittle bugs, sow bugs or pill bugs, and