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Show PLANT STRAWBERRIES Every Farmer's Garden Should Contain Small Patch. Irrlflatlon 6hould Be Given Often Enough to Keep the Soil Moist at All Timet Few Successful Varieties Are Mentioned. I (Py ritOF. It. O. UWOTEAR, Colorado Aurloulturul I'ollejje ) This Is the time to set out that strawberry patch which every farmer's farm-er's gurden should contain. Three row s 75 feet long ouht to furnish all that an average sized household requires and have some lift over for cunr.lug, preserving or giving to tho neighbors who have neglected the matter. Select as good soil as tbe 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 leveling Implement. Hun small furrows three to three and one-half feet apart. Bet the plant In the side of these furrows, using a spade to open the soil and the foot to press it against the roots. Most varieties may be set 15 to 18 Inches apart In the row, although for those that make numerous runners, as the Dunlap, 20 Inches to two feet la often close enough. It Is well to run a stream of water in the trenches Just behind the planter plant-er or as soon after planting aa possible. pos-sible. Irrigation should be given often enough to keep the soil moist at all times. In a small garden plat it is often posslblo to fill the trenches with dry soil a few hours after Irrigation and thus check evaporation. Keep the aoll well cultivated between the rowa and hoo or pull all weeds in the row. The first runners should be allowed to root In the row so as to fill up between be-tween the plants. Covering the tips with a llttlo soil when they are fully developed will often assist rooting. As the season advances the runners may be allowed to spread out more, but there should be some space between the rows preserved for running a narrow nar-row cultivator or wheel hoe. At the end of the growing season one should have matted rows 18 inches wide. The following varieties are largely grown in this state for market nnd most of tbeni are also desirable de-sirable for'home use: Hederwood, an early, very suitable berry of vlgortjus growth. A little soft for shipping. Juounda, a medium late variety suitable suit-able for moist soils. Berry large and of good quality. The favorite variety grown near Denver. Captain Jack, a vigorous, stocky plant, which produces well as a n podium po-dium early variety. Senator Dunlap, an excellent medium medi-um early variety which produce runners run-ners freely. Tbe fruit la of excellent quality, but does not bold Its size as late as some. RIdgeway, a mid-season variety of vigorous habit and good productiveness. productive-ness. The fruit Is large, but rather lender for market. Numerous other varieties are grown In Colorado w ith more or less success, but the list Is too long to give here. For the hotre garden almost any of the above mentioned, if given good care, should be found successful. |