Show STRA WHERRY ONE OF REST BEST FRUITS I Plants Are Easily Handled and Can Be Purchased at Small Sma Cost From Nurseryman I REQUIRE VERY LITTLE SPADE SPACE 1 M May Be Grown In Hills or In Narrow or Wide Matted Rows Rows Give Give Frequent Frequent Fre quent Cultivate and Hoeing Hoe ing ma During Season Prepared by the United States Department of tit t Agriculture Strawberries are arc so casU easily handled and mid require so little room that if only one of the small fruits can be beron grown ro n they should be ue the one select select- ed cd New plants Ian may be purchased ut at small mall cost from a nurseryman or per per- Imps Laps ma may be obtained from a neighbor Strawberries ma may be grown glown In hills or 01 In narrow or wide matted rows sa says s 's th the United States States' Department of ot Agriculture For ForEr Er very small areas areas plants set In hills close together will no doubt produce the most and largest fruit but ut will require n more ore care than matted rows For hill 1111 growing set the plants one foot apart In the row and have bave the rows rowa just far enough apart to cultivate easily sa say from two to three feet or set rows a foot apart In double rows and md un have une e a space space of two or three feet between the double Jouble rows Keep all runners cut off and give good cultivation cultivation tion so as to make extra strong plants Some of the tile choicest varieties for hill hili culture are the Marshall and Chesapeake Chesapeake p peake C al of the single crop kind and the Superb and Progressive of the overbearing ever over bearing varieties The varieties will no doubt be most satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory for hill hIlI culture Starting for Matted Rows To start matted rows set the plants 18 IS Inches indies apart In rows rows from three to four feet apart For a n narrow matted row train the tIle first filst runners along the thelow therow therow row low covering about a foot in width ari cut off all later runners From four to six new plants from each plant set will mal make e a narrow row For wide matted rows save enough new plants to make the row two feet wide or more as desired Do not let the thc plants crowd each other have them four to six inches apart Set strawberry plants earl early In the spring If possible so they will wall get the benefit of spring rains and make a astron stron strong earl early growth Trim off the tho dead leaves and all but one or two of the thc live ones and cut the roots to about four Inches long Jong Spread the roots somewhat and set the plants just as deep Jeep as they were wele before the they were dug Jug lie He especially careful not to set them deeper and do not get earth over o the growing tips for this will probably kill th the plants plant Give newly set Bet strawberries frequent cultivation and hoeing during the Ue entire entire entire en en- tire season to keep down the weeds and land make strong strong plants for fruiting ng the next re year r. r Pick off orr all blossom buds which appear except in the case of fall bearing varieties on which blossoms ma may be left after August 1 to fruit in the fall When the ground freezes cover coyer the plants or the entire bed with about two Inches of straw or other vegetable matter mutter free from weed eed seeds Coarse Coarl e wy manure manure with the fine portions shaken out ont Is Excellent nt for this purpose The object object object ob ob- ob- ob of ot this winter covering Is to keep the ground fron from freezing and thawing with each change in teJ tempera temperature ture because this freezing ard and thawIng thaw thaw- j Ing will slowly lift the plants out of 0 I the ground Nitrate of Soda Helps In the spring when the plants begin to blossom spread nitrate of soda along nl each side of the row using one pound to 80 SO feet of row If the ground has hus not been mulched cultivate and then mulch with vegetable matter mattert t between tween the rows so as ns to conserve the moisture from the spring rains If the bed is to be he sa saved saed ed for another year ear rake off the mulch as soon as the crop Is gathered and hoe hoc or pullout pull pullout pullout out the older plants leaving only enough of the younger ones t to send out runners to make a new narrow or wide matted matte row as desired Old beds may be cleaned up as just mentioned b by hoeing or plowing the spaces between rows and leaving the youngest plants to In n tho the row It is gen generally era II be best t however Cf to start a new bed every eIl second year ear |