| Show strawberries on ane arrival of plants easm at once loosen the bunches heel them in the ground or dip their roots in a 66 muddle made by mixing earth in wa ter until of the consistency of cream and lay away in a cool damp cellar where they can neither dry nor freeze until they can be planted in suitable weather do not leave in package and pour water over them as this will surely cause the plants to heat and spoil if by chance the stock should arrive in a frozen state bury the package or place it in a cool place until the frost has become entirely abstracted by slow degrees these remarks apply also to other plants and trees the strawberry delights in a moist soil but will succeed almost anywhere if well and mulched avoid Ul slanting near trees as it resents shade to grow ow large be berries and plenty erti of them fertilizers lier must be used freely wood ashes is a specific fertilizer for the strawberry ground bone is also excellent in planting take but few plants from the trench or package at a time and expose as little as possible to wind or sun ann never plant on a windy day and never plant in freezing weather do not plant deep but press the earth very firmly about the roots should the weather be warm shade valuable plants for a few days with a handful of coarse utter litter over each plant or with baskets or boxes in autumn planting it is a good plan to defer it until just before freezing weather and cover each plant with earth to be removed at the approach of spring by YOUNG PLANT PLANTS BUNCHED OLD PLANTS this method the plants start early make a strong growth and scarcely one will fall for hill culture plant in beds four feet wide with alleys two feet between them plant in each bed three rows of plants fifteen inches apart and the plants the same saline distance apart in the rows for the matted row system plant in rows three feet apart and the plants a foot apart in the rows requiring plants per acre lovett in his guide Q aide to te horticulture from which the foregoing is cepro deuced advises planting at least three varieties early medium and late to extend the season to its full limits pistil late varieties must have a row of a perfect flowered sort planted every nine or twelve feet apart among them or better yet every third or fourth plant in ia the row to polle nize their bloss blossoms omiL when in overla fertilized fertilize id the raia niLve are rne me moar and there is isnor no reason eason for any prejudice against them when grown in good soil the roots of young plants are succulent and nearly uniform in size and appearance as shown by the cut referred to with old plants the lower roots we are black dead and wiry with generally a few young roots just below where the leaves we are joined to to the he mown crown aa shown in the bame ant |
