| Show SUCCESS IN BEBRY GROWING cultivate often enough to keep continuous dust mulch on surface to conserve moisture by J frequent and shallow tillage the first season Is one of the secrets of successful berry growing cultivate often enough to keep a continuous dust mulch on the surface to conserve tin th moisture this will vary with the soil and season from twice a week to once every ten days decrease the cultivated area between the rows as the season advances allowing the runners to set making a matted row 11 to 20 inches wide then keep keel the runners runners cut of course hand hoeing will be necessary to keep the weeds A smaller blossom a 2 la Is or imperfect varieties bearing such flowers must be set with those bearing perfect or staminate flow ers as shown at b aud and surplus runners down blossoms should be kept pinched off as it Is desired that the plants put all their energy into growth this first season commercially the strawberry Is propagated by means of runners and every plant Is merely a cutoff cut off or some bat nilian distantly separated portion of the original plant of that particular variety A bed intended to grow plants for setting should expend all its energies in the production of young plants and not be allowed to fruit in setting out a new patch it ii t only these young plants which should be used they are recognized by their smaller crowns and bright fibrous roots |
