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Show POTTING STRAWBERRIES. Methods for the 8tartlng of New Plants. Tho common method Is to fill two-Inch two-Inch pots with loamy soil and sink them to tho rim alongside of tho runners run-ners to bo potted, and plnco 'ono runner run-ner plant in tho center of each, holding hold-ing it in plnco with n smalt stono. In favornblo weather tho pots will bo filled with roots In two wcokB. Tho plants aro then sovered from tho old plant nnd carried to n frame, whoro they can bo shaded nnd watered for a fow days whllo thoy learn to got their food through tho roots Instead of dopendlng on tho plants thnt pro-duced pro-duced them. Another plan is to cut off tho young plants ns soon as they havo rootB ono or two Inches long, nnd pot thorn nnd put thorn In a frnmo nt once. With good enro thoy will bo roady for planting In two weeks. Still another way, suggested by tho Orange Judd Farmer, Is to. level up tho earth In tho frnmo, placo empty pots ono Inch apart and sift potted soil over them till thoy aro moro than full, nnd lovel off with a broom. Then tako runners with tho roots Just starting, enrry them to the cellar or any sheltered shel-tered placo and trim" them, cutting off tho runners, extending boyond tho node, and shortening tho main runner run-ner to ono Inch. As each ono Is trimmed throw It Into a pull of water. Then carry tho pall of cuttings' to tho framo and placo ono In each pot, pushing tho runner into the soli until tho part from which tho roots. nro sent out Is well In tho oarth. Th'on with, tho thumb nnd two flngerB press down the soli nnd cutting, leaving tho pot nbout two-thirds full. Wntor well nnd shndo, giving less Bhndo each day, until tho young plants nro rooted and self-supporting. Tho first method Is tho best for beginners, nnd tho second for thoso of moro experience. experi-ence. Tho third plan If well carried car-ried out Is excellent, nnd less costly than tho others. Tho disadvantages of potted plants nro that thoy aro costly, cost-ly, their transportation Is oxponslvo, thoy must soon bo used or they ,bo-coino ,bo-coino pot-bound, nnd crown borers nnd root worms mny bo carried from tho old bed to tho now. |