Show PATCH THIS SPRING whatever else you plant this spring be sure to save a space in your garden for a strawberry bet bed A comparatively small tilt bit ot of ground will give an ample yle alea a to supply you with delicious fresh strawberries for your table and give a surplus tor for canning and preserving lor or winter use ilse the space you reserve for your strawberry bed should bo be a good sunny spot with shelter aroni arom cold cokl winds but but not too sheltered tor for you to do not want to have hav e illy it le vines ines ruined by a late laie arost th the c ground you choose should bo be rich fertile soll soil the richer the better it Is better to avoid ova cue or grasty grasby ground as it 11 harbors the white while grub grill the larvae of the juie beetle which attack new plants mew ew ground even if somewhat acid need not net bo b v limed for strawberries thorough preparation of the soil of your bed with the most careful cultivation of the ground before planting will always pay in the end get gc the soil line fine loose and mellow whether you use a horbe elii a narrow toothed harrow a liand hand blow attachment to the heel noc or merely a fork never set your plants by simply digging holes in hard soil there are two methods which you may use in setting OIK your youl strawberry plants either cither the hill system or tile the matted row in ill the matted row method the rows are marked 2 or 3 s feet apart and the plants are set 12 to IS 18 inches apart in the rows new runners will soon form and root between and to the sides of tile the original plants until a solid mat mai some 15 or 18 inches wide is formed tire plants in fit the mat should not be closer than 5 or 6 inches in the hill system the plants are set 12 to 15 itches inches apart each wry way ill beds of from 2 to 4 rows with IS 18 or 24 inch paths between the veils beds to be successful with this hill teni tem all runners have to bs be cut off most particularly for weeks after planting this makes oue one great big crown of each individual p plant ailt and gives extra big fine berries unless one can te be certain about doing this well and thoroughly the matted system will be found to be the mast sue successful be sure that the new iry plants which you set out are new strong and healthy in setting in the hie plants put them in very firmly up to but not ovar over the crown or 01 center of the plant have fia ie the soil fairl fairly y moist before plan planting ti rig usi using n it before planting if possible and giving a thorough wa wat ferjus enna alter after the plants are ar set in tile the soil to afford a succession ot of ripe berries until late in ill the summer early and late sorts should be chosen early ozark is a flue fine new early another Is early jersey giant ged ond early are sample and glen mary alary medium to late nick brandywine Crandy wine and marshall late lat lovett dig big joe aud and chesapeake in audition aldi tion to at least three of the ahe above varieties you should also al so plant one of the ever bearing kinds the overbearing cernes derres are no longer an exper experiment ament they are practical and well worth while particularly ticul Licul arly tor for home use ever bearing varieties set out now and kept well cultivated during lie summer will begin bearing in august or september and keep right on until hard freezing weather I 1 have gathered good ripe red berries in october the clil culture ture of the ever bearing varieties is Is the same as for others except that pinching the bloss blossoms oil in spring and early summer will give a heavier crop in I 1 the lie tu progressive is one or of alio the llio best overbearing orts |