Show i PLANT NT STRAWBERRIES I I Every Farmers Farmer's Garden Should Contain Small mall Patch Irrigation Should Bo Be Bo Given Often Enough to Keep the tho Soil Soli Moist at All Times Few Times Few Successful Varieties Are Mentioned By PROF B. B O. O LONG LONGYEAR YEAR Colorado Agricultural College ThIs Is the time to set out that strawberry patch which every farmers farmer's farm tarm ors or's garden should contain T Three reo rows 75 feet long ought to furnish furnish all all that an i n average sized d household requires and have some somo left over for tor canning preserving g gor or giving to the neighbors who ha have vo neglected the tho matter Select Selent as good soil as the garden possesses and plow under deeply a liberal dressing of well rotted manure Harrow down thoroughly and If very uneven go over the ground with some kind of ot lev leveling lIng Implement Implement lun small small furrows three to three nd do one half halt half feet apart Set the plants In tJi the side of these furrows using a spade to open the soil and the foot to press It against the roots Most varieties may maybe maybe maybe be set 15 5 to 18 Inches apart In the therow therow row although for those that make numerous runners as the tho Dunlap 20 Inches roches i hes to two feet Is often close enough It Is well to run a n stream of water In the tr trenches Just behind the planter plant plant- er en or as soon after planting as pos pos- sible Irrigation should be given often orten enough to keep the soil moist at all times In a small garden plat It Is often possible to fill the trenches with dry soil a few hours after atter Irrigation and thus ch check chck ck evaporation Keep the soil well cultivated between therow the rows row and hoe hoc or pull all weeds In therow the row The first runners should be allowed to root In the row so as to fill up between between be be- tween the plants Covering the tips with a little soil when they are fully developed will often assist rooting As the season advances the runners maybe may maybe maybe be allowed to spread out more but there should be some space between the rows preserved for running a narrow narrow nar nan row cultivator or wheel hoe At the end of at the growing season one should have matted rows 18 Inches wide The following varieties are largely grown In this state for market and most ot of them are also desirable de do- for tor home use an e early very suitable berry of ot vigorous growth A little soft for tor shipping I r UM Jato lato va variety r lY- lY suit suitable able for moist soils Berry large and of good quality The Tho favorite variety grown grown near Denver Captain Jack a vigorous stocky plant which produces well as a medium me O aw- aw early variety Senator Dunlap an excellent medium medium medi medi- um urn early variety which produces runners runners runners run run- ners freely The fruit truit is of excellent quality but does not hold its size as late as some Ridgeway a season mid-season variety of ot vigorous habit and good productive productive- ness The fruit is large but rather tender for market Numerous other varieties are grown In Colorado with more or less success but the list Is too long to give here For the home garden almost any of the above mentioned if given good care should be found successful |