| Show making money in ja vf on the farm small fruit culture by C V author of course in modern agriculture copyright 1909 by american frim aock 1 MAI 1 L fruit can lie be abrown rown almo almost it K easily as corn orn or oats if it li ii gone nt at in the right way A quantity grown at home bottle la Is it luxury tin wit ie Is within the reach of evi ry farmer grown on a larger wesily till email small are lire nuion the tile inu mo profitable crops that the barill arm hlll III the 1 x 1 and imply Il ply dis atin fruit H 1 the lie itu ille lt tt soil for th strawberry bid JR 1 it loila tra I 1 I 1 crip i do 1 I 1 tt I 1 I 1 tir fir on soils and the thi harries h erlem arc are r and of bettar quality if you I 1 anif v no light s m 11 II that c in it be used for tin tbt berry ix iad it you an gre greatly itly improve a soil by it well of crupp it must be well IN 4 N i rth an anz u PATCH drained in order that it may warm up quickly in the spring instead of remaining soggy for several weeks and then baking bard hard as soils are so liable to do deep plowing with thorough dek ing jug and harrowing la Is necessary nece seary in or der to get the land into the bet con dialon st berries should follow some cultivated crop which has bits been kept free from weeds it will then be easier tu to prepare the eced need bed and the patch will be freer from weeda weeds and insects strawberries are in their eoll soil requirements and a little care in to preparation will add to the size of the crop too little a Is given to this most imperial Import nn requisite many persona persons do not neet to be aware that the strawberry la Is all particular about the soil in abl it Is put pul As a consequence they pr pare their beds without any reveren P to this essential factor in the ai their enterprise and of course arf are loomed to in ohp out ou come of strawberries varieties arlet les of strawberries arc are divided into two general type the perfect and the ampt flowered floi ered the imperfect con contain till only the feanle organs or 1 tit the perfect sorts contain both and pistils the imper feet can enn produce no fruit un lesa less fertilized with the pollen from front the no flo ver of a perfect burlet it la Is vera ver IMPO int nt that attention be paid to point in planting many of the imperfect sorts possess peas points of supe priority ocr 0 the I 1 perfect varieties they can cat be bucce successfully grown by planting eairy fifth row to a perfect flowered variety thia this row will furnish pollin for the two rowa rows on 00 either side of it in ID retting setting out a bed bet la in ibis this way care carp must be taken to see that the two irn a fleties come into bloom at fit the same tinie time and imperfect varieties can not be told apart except when in bloom then the absence of the row of til stilli around the petals the lin lingerfelt lerfeLt corti lista lists of varieties of specify whether tiny are perfect or imperfect A rell able ablo nun nurseryman can be depended upon to alap you U what hat you ati a tor for A 11 list s t of the tabt et adapted to your locally loc allt can be from your ex rhe barr it I 1 i ropa propagated gated almo almost I 1 entirely b runners M t euch each joint I 1 lu ll 11 the i t new plant appear appears and tales root only lea 1 kimii a year par oil d should be selected eek atel for plant ing ahe croli should not be to tot larze and the root thick ami anti long the pr kneur teut of large woody roots ami and a crown indicates indicate that tit the plant Is an old one if it thare are many iava it li well to pheb on off or two tuo of the largest t correspond to tit th ijar injun tu to the rift system planting Stra strawberries berries spring is the most reliable hm abre the fall 1 moist or the patch can enn be 1 readily adly ri watered fall ilant I 1 alit leg gives oves very good results the two points ints lo 10 plantar pl antic it are rk treading the roots and packing the dirt tightly about them the plan plants is should be tet no the crowns are jut just level with lit the surface of the ground hill hills cus matted row rows strawberries are grown rown both in hill hille and id in row rows in the hill system the plants are set about three feet apart the ronner runners are cut off in order to male a compact vigorous hill the ilze and ani quality of the berries are bet be I 1 a ter under the bill 11 tem but the ina mat tea trill row yive ives larger yields la to taij the irie net set from frow leu teu to tul inch nt lit la to rons curt four our it f ft et 11 apart pa rt rh rif rutin runners pro un arl trimmed to ti make a row about two tift fitt wide file ille hinitt s the rows rois 1 if P it 11 pt 64 11 cultivated dill dur iii ink tin the early nit ul the season and tile 1 1 bulled ulli in the rows after tin th 0 lit tur tar the can bi b it 1 to 1111 flipse ildi aud and the orl 1 ami r tol il I 1 it U I 1 lii in thi ki i 1 the belon lied inn tf easily renew mi and L 1 t bearing A f r ral jean usually until the tile land 4 so ditl that II 11 must by be pi wed jed up put ID in to point th he r crop in cold cil matis the rl must be kirin some nort of protection I 1 he object of als 1 not s 0 much to prevent frit fritzine zing n as to kelp ke p abi hi around rout nl from th tint thit it alternate freez ing and in living which cause lie lieuvina ivina of the q V mulch of or chame horse after the ground freeze 19 1 excellent for this 1 aa as it addi fertility nt tit the same time in the spring the can be raked up and removed one precaution 14 1 to 1 be sure tint wit thi thu manure N 1 arte from vad I 1 have seen straw berry beds ruined lecause the mulch contained timothy tiny in the imas were ripe enouch to grow raspberries Rasp berne and blackberries next elt to in importance are 4 and blac k b t rr 1 4 T the he best adl 11 for I 1 I 1 li is about ilke that fir f strawberries while for ra ap it may be a little be heibler avier abe two tuo kinds linda of raspberries moat most eten eiten ehll rown krown in thill country are rid I 1 and bl belt the 1 ho rod red raspberry Is vj kropa cited bi bs shoots which prow grow up from tho tile roots one ye ir old shoots are preferable for planting the ro rows a should be nt at least four feet V wita I 1 th the lants two tio fett apart in the row 1 and thorough eh cult hatlon latIon 14 1 necessary to keep leep down donn the suckers which grow up tip from to the root it ta Is a good plin to plow the ground between the rowa rows every spring black raspberries do not send up root shoots rhey are propagated by bury ins ing the tips of the shoots in the ground SOMO time in august thesa these take root and produce new plants which can be transplanted the following spring tho the black raspberries are more rank in their habits of growth and should be planted farther apart than thin the red va planting every three feet in rows rous seven seren to eight feet apart Is n good distance they should receive thorough cultivation in the same man ner aa as the red sorts the application of a coat of 0 manure between the rows in to the fall will ma ter teri tally ally increase the yield of a all 11 am email all fruits pruning Is aiss nizo important blackberry and raspberry bear but once so in the spring all those which produced fruit the season be tore fore should be cut out black raspberry shoots should have the tip nipped off when they are about eighteen inches high thia causes lateral branchen branches to form and greatly increases the yield the same treatment should be given to blackberries after about four good crops of raspberries have ben berv secured the patch should be plow pd d up and a ine one started bone some where rise else blackberries are usually propagated by suckers buckers the distance apart Is about four feet tn in the row with rows seven feet apart I 1 the he prope depth to set get the plants Is about four inches it Is 1 a common practice to plant a row of or some other vegetable ege table between the blackberry rows the farst season this can also be done with black raspberries about four or 11 ire v blackberry shoots are all that abou should III be allowed to grow up the first sea pen son after that tho the number may be gradually increased A well establish ed blackberry patch will last elx six or seven years abe yields that aty h b secured dep nt largely upon the fri I 1 ta rt PIO ains sania of oy quei cy of rainfall during the ripening season beason A little dry weather eather at this time will result in shriveled worth less berries in 10 sections where the winter is 1 severe V ere the he beat best results dionot be obtained from rasp raspberries herries and bl blackl aeLter pr I 1 unites tom bome sort of protection Is I 1 given rile rhe simplest method of doinik this Is h hy bending the tb cane dean de an along the row and lovering vering to them wilt dirt currant currents and gooseberries A k clayey loaia u with plenty of moisture 14 1 kat for currants and do all the tile better for a little shade ard are not so I 1 air about cultivation cult hatlon ail as the mothr enill fruit A heavy lynlch of straw I 1 r coarse ul mire may bf b used to kp keep k p doun own the aoa aca observe oti serre mola mols tun and cultivation dispensed with i entirely A few bush set along a 0 fence row will w III furnish enough of this kind lind 0 fruit for the baroll they are kropa wt klitte by cuttings pieces of br noche anchet which are planted in moist earth where they take root two year ok plants are best for planting ilean 1 biddler bird ler than the other small ema fruit currants cur and berries will wul sta ta I 1 fall fr p antiro indeed deed this Is almost ai necessity since they start growing S 41 J se mt most 1 as soon as the ground tb thaws in P the spring all weak and ald old branches 1111 should cusin be cut c 1 wt out early wl each prine spring currants and gooseberries will continue to irtely profitable crop on the same ground for a long time |
