Morgan County Independent | 1924-06-23 | Page 5 | Plant Strawberry Patch in Almost Any Location

plant strawberry patch in almost any location the strawberry will grow in almost all locations in the state an area of 0 2000 or square feet will produce a seasons supply of berries for the average family for these reasons reasons the strawberry straw berry bed Is recommended ended by prof R J barnett horticulturist of 0 the kansas state agricultural college A few important suggestions for successful strawberry culture made by professor barnett follow on the site chosen the soil should be almost ns as fertile as for a vegetable garden rows hows may be ns As close as SQ 36 inches and the plants plant 15 inches apart in the row plants must be maiden nets gets Is IA runner set plants of last summer which have never borne fruit A strawberry plant should have dhave all old leaves and all but two or three of its new leaves pruned off when set the roots should be cut back to about two and one half inches in length set i strawberry plant just so none of the roots are above tile the surface of the ground and no soil covers the eye or growing bud of the plant the soil should be pressed so tightly over the well out roots that the plants cannot be pulled up by one ne leif leaf sterna stema excelsior dunlap and aroma are good home patch varieties which ripen in the order named superb or progressive gres sive may be planted if an type of strawberry Is desired