| Show STRAWBERRY CULTURE A New Nrtliod Par liMi Many Merit ir Claimed The strawberry culture by which L T Tiimicr of Nuw York and L D Pjcrco of Ohio and eomo others liar hud satisfactory rciullH U attracting attention at-tention By this new method instci of cctting the plants Into a permanent btd at once they lira put In n email bed close together about 20 planU to the linear foot thru shaded from tho direct rays of the tun for a tm days Berets tho whole ttorym told lu Tho Farm Md Fireside A furrow about luchci deep is I made with n iqjadc the plan j ore trimmed at superfluous leaves their roots shortened to 4 inches Fig 1 then net closely to the land side banting earth up to the roots and thus filling the furrow The little tows are mado about a foot apart t 1 ti PIc I FII2 IMPROVED STRAWDERUT CULTunr clespt quots > In flyduilao Uhuup rord I i ml fled lor n pnln to facilitate moving about them watering and trimylng FIne tnftunro Is pnt between raw for a mulch and to add fertility The plant are kept in this bed about a month orb or-b weeks Jlciuvnhilothoynrovntcrcd as often as necessary and sprayed with bordeaux mixture ones a week to keep hem free from blight When ready tot to-t onto tho ground In I soaked about tho anta and tha litter lire taLen up in pon and cirriel to tho field While in his btd new loot tart out on all MM ot the old ones Fig J Ihcw cling 10 the roll and when tran platitcd earth h taken along with the plants ruitl they grow right along Tho ndvnntngci claimed for hit plan rein follows H you sU planh out permanently In April li ground cnn lot bo properly prepared kccinw I III l too wet Set ont en early they nrpnr cully stand tlll und become thor lily Infested with leaf blight but tin Vdl do not full to sro The new jnpthod pcrmitithoilowinR of the pitch unit Its working over with harrovY4 iiiul cuI Tilors for about six mi In hIDr 1 set tins the plnnta in the permanent patch AlI weed fccd 1 arc destroyed und It tho land is I Infmtfil with grub thy urn brought to the surface w here bird pick them up Tho tlmo FCttlugtho plant lu permanent bed ii bout Juno I In New York state Tho other ndTiuitnge of the plan area are-a oof spr lying the plants nil being concentrated iu u Email area and the rau fir ot thoworkof settingthoplanla In Permanent patch from the bu y tliun of i irly spring to that of comparative olTOrolii curly Jnno A man will heel In or pet closely together 10000 plauti u iv day while to Mt ont permanently nn ordinary mon can handle only about 2000 plants |
