Show HOW ITOW TO RAISE elre yire TH I 1 F INEST strawberries the tite to following lowing ia is the best way that I 1 know I 1 of cultivating cultivation 0 the strawberry in our favorable i soil select in I 1 n early a rich dee deep mellow gravelly gra velly relly loam if possible in rathar low dew few moist ground with a good exposure to the sin sun then I 1 spade it full a spade deep repeatedly on the first r of every month until july when the ground will have become thorough thoroughly iv broke broken n tip up and mellow and also the danger of fhe the ear earth t h picking and becoming hard will mainly main maln I 1 y have past I 1 k after breaking up the round ground weil weli on the of july Y antl andl and leveling orf off the soil instead arrais of raising it in into to bed eds then immediately set out the strawberry plant two in a stool IS ii to 21 inches apart then mulch forthwith the whole ground including the walk with an inch and a half deep of oldean old oid tin tan bark sawdust or well wali w ell ail rotted mar manure ture but I 1 would care carefully hilly prevent any barn yard manure or even achs becoming incorporated in the soil previously or at his time timo next I 1 would world thoroughly water them ind and keep them sufficiently bently watered to insure a constant and vigo vigorous rons growth which is lct not a task if well mulched after this the occasional pulling of a very few weeds filat that find their thein way through I 1 the mulch and a sligh coating of leaves leavea and straw on the app of winter is all the care I 1 would give ahm until the opening of the following spring when I 1 pursue p irsie irsle the following process on removing the coating on the opening of of f spring P I 1 fertilize the plants with a liberal sprinkling dia dil of solution of I 1 pound each of sulphate of potassium glauber salts and sil sod scid and one ounce of ammonia to erand continue this once in weck week a or ten days until they blos bios blosom blossom om when I 1 leipp give them pure cold water until they A ripen p on when I 1 discontinue all applications I 1 do not sav say my combination of fertilizers cannot caann he be improved tint bit it proves sufficient elou enough oh with rith me till I 1 learn of a betten better beaters one n e if not convenient I 1 ido do not break up ind till fhe the Is of july when I 1 plant ont out allbri ieh teh ich I 1 think it better not to allow thet thee ground gronna to be occupied the previous part of the season and to be frequently stirred I 1 prefer all thin things considered consIder edthe the to loth july for plant planting i ng 0 ont out t for the creaso the soil does not bake so bard bird hardas as if it set out in spring and at this season I 1 can secure the largest crop next june if it the settina ont Is delayed till autust august 1 I 1 can only il ilmond pend pond on hilf half a crop and only a quarter if delayed till S ate ozember aber by this pian nian it will be seen I 1 avoid all troi tro j bl me in fork forking ipg over the ground in the fall or sprin spring T do not find it necessary although so many succeed unsatisfactorily in in raising raibin strawberries yet I 1 know of no fruit raised in this climate on which I 1 can with such confidence rely for fon a certain and regnier larce laree crop as by this plan with good varieties var letie letle s only amateurs who wish to raise remarkably fine friet may choose to take sj sp much pains as the whole hoe hoc process here laid down involves yet what wb at Is worth doing doln doin at all is generally worth doin doln doing well I 1 will not presume pr estime to sav bay that this plan is perfect per reci or is the best other soils and climates may demand some modification vet after examining a large number cf of grounds for years and ond listening to or reading re adins the mode of procedure ofa of a large lare number of the most 1 successful cea atil cultivators I 1 hive summed them all up UPI and prefer the above to all others which have coin corn come e to my know knowledge knowledg leir ge deverr cultivator has his own best way to accomplish com the object and yet perchance all hive much to learn from the experience and abs of others oth ers horticulturist |