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Show STRAWBERRY IS VERY HARDY Plant Will Stand Severe Wenther, bul Is Injured by Alternate Thaw. Ing and Freezing. The strawberry plant is very hardy, standing severe and. continued freezing freez-ing weather, but is often injured by alternating freezing and thawing, therefore we must cover to prevent this injury. Any coarso, strawy material, ma-terial, like old hay, straw, leaves, pine needles or strawy stable manure can be used for this purpose. Only a thin covering is needed, just enough to prevent thawing until the warm weather of spring. Most growers grow-ers of strawberries delay covering until the ground becomes frozen so that a team may he driven over the ground without cutting it; but it is better in the home garden to cover the bed as soon as the ground begins to freeze. Blackberry canes may be protected in the same manner, . but the roots must be 'started Vith a foi'fr'f'ftiV-- .. the bending shall not come upon- the I canes, which would be broken if bent over. |