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FOREST GROVE PRESS, FOREST GROVE, OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY ¿2. 1913. Forest Grove Steam Laundry HOME COURSE tt»8 harrow, and the surface should be reduced to a condition which would form an Ideal seed bed. IN FR U ITS AND BERRIES Wood, Coal, Cold Storage and Ice. CUL I IVATIO N OF STRAW B E R R IE S. By L. C. C O R B E T T , Horticulturist, Buieau at Plant Industry. U nited Slates D epartm ent ol Agriculture. MERTZ & LATTA Cor. 5th Ave. and 2nd St., Forest Grove, O re Watch and Use the Want Ads and you'll not need to be a mind reader The tho u g h t has often come to you perhaps, t h a t you could easily solve most difficulties if you were a mind read er if you could for instance,K NO W who would be glad to ren t your property, or to buy it; who would fie glad to employ you. W ant advertisers, and those who w atch the w an t ads, learn these things in a B U S IN E S S W A Y n o t through occult means. , securing new forms T he seeds may lie selected from plants showing the desired lendeneles, or they may be pro duced by crossing two plants possess ing characteristics which It would he (testrutile to combine In one plant But fortunately for the breeder the s t r a w berry Is provided with a means of self preservation through the agency of runners (stoionsi, which enables the propagator to perpetuate any plant he may develop without fear of loss or change of characters. When the mnin crop Is th e plants th e aim Is to get these as large and strong as possible, and to tills end the ground Is made rich and put In good tilth by frequent cultivation early In the season. The home production of run ners for one's own planting is quite another matter. The fruit crop Is the chief ob ject, and the production of runners prior to harvesting the fruit ts discour aged The difficulty with this method is to secure strong, well developed plants for August and September p lan t ing When the main planting is done In the spring the earliness of the plants is ol less importance. In fav o ra ble seasous, however, strong plants for if' S. A. W AI.KKH H. LIDYAUD WALKER & LIDYARD SHOEMAKERS 1st Ave. N., near Main St. W e a r e p re p a re d to do t h e v e ry b e s t o f all k in d o f sh o e w o rk . UP-TO-DATE MACHINERY S pecial a tte n tio n R iven to c rip p le d feet. Mi mm <u I w WM. WEITZEL Tinning and Plum bing, Sheet M etal W ork and R e pair Shop. m¥S {was. A WELL ROOTED PLANT WITH SM A LL CROWN August an d Septem ber planting can be secured even In the New England states The question of the desirability of purchasing or of growing one’s own plants must lie decided by the plnnter. H eld practices In the cultivation of N o rth F irst Avenue, betw een Main and straw berries vary In different sections “ A ” S tr e e ts ; phone 863. of the country to conform to climatic and soli conditions. The factor most " ■ ■ —• influenced by conditions of soli and cli m ate Is Ihe tim e of setting. In some sections the rainfall will perm it of ei ther spring or au tu m n planting, while In others plants can only be successful vVJr ly set during (lie full. Selection of Soil. f F rom the preparing o( the food to the serving, ab so lu te cleanliness and painstaking care is observ ed by the Forest Grove Oyster House Everything to Eat Oysters and Shellfish a Specialty. Open Day and Night ED. BOOS, Proprietor BUTTER WRAPPER PRINTING at the FOREST GROVE PRESS 100 for $1.25 250 fo r $1.75 500 for $2.25 SASH OF THE The soli considered best suited to the cultivation of the straw berry In the northeastern part of the United S tates Is w hat Is known as a sandy or gravel- ly loam A warm. qul< k soil, although naturally poor, is to be preferred to a heavy, retentive soil well supplied with plant foist Ih e lacking plant food can easily be supplied by the addition of fertilizers, while the physical charac teristics of the soil can only tie modi- fled with great difficulty by cultivation, drainage am) she addition of orgaulc matter. Congenial soil and exposure are therefore Im portant considerations. The plants not only thrive better on light soils, lint the crop Is more a b u n dant. and tile berries are larger and sweeter. The period of maturity can also lie niodllled within reasonable lim its by selecting soils which force or re t s r d ripening, by securing southern or eastern exposures,which give the plants the a d vanta ge of the first warm days of spring, or by placing them on north ern and western slopes, where by the use of heavy mulches the time of rip ening may tie delayed as much as ten days, and by the use of late ripening sorts can lie extended even longer. The land to tie devoted to the grow ing of stra w b e rrie s should. It possible, tie planted In a cultivated crop, such as potatoes, beans or corn, at least one year previous to setting the plants. In order that the larvae of such Insects »i w lrew om is, white grubs, cutwwnns. e tc . may tie as completely eliminated as possible Sod land Is a favorite tircedlng ground for such Insects and should therefore be nroldcd unless It tie new clover sod, which can tie turn ed under with good results. Previous to setting the plants the soil should be deeply plow,si In order that all organic m a tte r of w hatever n atu re on th e su rface may be com pletely turned under. Immediately following the plow (he land should tie thoroughly pulverized by the use ot It th e soil is uot rich for best results It should have a dressing of at least tw enty cart loads of well decomposed stable m anu re per acre, either plowed under or incorporated with the soil by surface cu ltu re a fte r plowing If s t a ble m an u re Is not available plant food should be supplied O.v a liberal use ot flnely ground bone, chemical manures and potash. The use upon the plants at blooming time of highly nitroge nous manures, such as n itrate of soda, at the rate ot about 100 poumls per acre, often proves ot great value. If it can t>e applied In solution It will give quicker results than It put on In the form of u s a l t If the fertility ot the soil Is little more th an sufficient to support this plant when the heavy strain ol trull production comes on the plant will only perfect the num ber of fruits Its food supply will allow; hence the ad v a n ta g e of applying quickly available plant foods ju s t a t this c rit ical time. P lan ts with small crow ns—L e., a moderate grow th of leaves—and with an a b u n d a n t development of fibrous roots are th e roost desirable. If the leaf area seems to be too g re a t for the root system of the plant the removal of two or three of the older leaves will prove an advantage. H orticultural varieties of s t ra w b e r ries occur with Im perfect (or pistillate) flowers as well as with perfect flow ers (those containing both stam en s and pistils». It Is Im portant th a t the plant er give careful attention to this point In making his plantation, as a patch made up of pistillate sorts alone will be unproductive, w hile m any such sorts when properly Interspersed with perfect flowered varieties have proved to be o u r largest fruited sorts and most prolific bearers T here Is no way of distinguishing the perfect from the Im perfect plants when not In bloom. The Good Narrow This Absolutely Safe and Reliable MOMENT. Preparation ot the Soil. Effect le The Bankers & Merchants Mutual Fire Association Season. When to Set the Plants. T h ere are several considerations which govern the time and m anner of setting straw b erry plants. T he time to plant depends In humid regions more SMARTNESS O F T H E L IT T L E SASH. upon the rainfall th an upou an y other factor. If there are not timely rains Little R a s h e s like the one draped at (lie planting season to give the about the w aist of the French gown plants an opportunity to establish themselves the stand will be uneven, pictured a re very new this season. with th e result th a t more work will be The sash of tr.upe lausdowue m atches required to keep the land free from the skirt, also of this silk an d worsted weeds and more trouble will be neces material, while the coat is of silk sary to get th e blank spaces occupied brocade. Buttoned boots of a dressy type ac by run ners from the plants th a t su r vlve. The plants th a t w ith stan d the company the little costume. dro ugh t are checked and dw arfed They seldom recover so as to make Ethel Roosevelt to Wed on a Friday. either satisfactory croppers or plant Defying all superstition, Miss Ethel producers it Is most satisfactory and Carow Itoosevelt has chosen Friday, most economical, therefore, to choose April 4, for her wedding day. It is th at season which offers most advan quite fitting th a t her m arria g e to Dr. tages at planting time, other things be Richard Derby should be celebrated in ing equal. In general there are only the little church in O yster Bay and two seasons for planting spring and th a t the reception should follow a t fall —but In some localities spring plant Sagamore Hill, the country home of ing should be done In April or May by Colonel an d Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, the use of the preceding season's which In days gone by w as known as plants, while lti others It may he doue the “little W hite House." In J u n e from the crop of runners of T he bride and bridegroom will sail the sam e season. for Europe the day following their in Irrigated regions planting can be wedding. Miss Cornelia Landon. done a t w h a te v e r season the work will d a u g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. H enry nut- give best results In future crop pro ton Landon, a close friend of Miss ductlon. In humid regions rainfall Is Roosevelt, will he one of the bride's a determ ining factor. In the northern attendants. half of th e prairie region west of the Miss Roosevelt made her debut a t a Mississippi spring plnntlng gives best bail given a t the W hite House In results, in the middle Atlantic states W ashington w hen her fattier w as pres th e work ts divided between spring ident. Dr. Derby was g rad u ated from and A ugust planting, with the balance H arvard , class of 1903. He i s a sod in favor of the latter In some locali of the late Dr. R ichard II. Derby. ties. In New England the work Is chiefly confined to the spring months, Spring Wash Fabrics Expensive. although there are enthusiastic advo Many of Hie new w ashable fabrics cates of fall planting. In coast states south of New York August and Sep a r e im ported an d nre unusually ex teuiber planting Is most extensively pensive, costing on the av erag e $2 a practiced, particularly upon the more yard. When one has been in the habit retentive soils. In the trucking region of paying not more than 25 or 50 cents on the Islands about Charleston. S. U„ a yard for one's tu b dresses this seems spring planting Is extensively prac a large am ount. These new goods, tieed. as It results In a paying crop the however, are very lovely and a re so following year, while only a small crop wide th a t th e entire cost of material can be harvested from fall set plants. sufficient for a gown Is not more th a n 0,1 ,,lt>se »P'lck soils the plant can be $8, an d th ere is the m erit of fashion K' ° " n ns an annual, and farther atxiut th ese m aterials which is not ob tained in the cheaper grades. Some s,,," h’ ,n ° eor<r1" • " d Kl" rid"- the fall set plants will return a profltnhle crop a re of blue, pink or lavender nnd have The dots the following spring. On the heavier the effect of dotted Swiss soils of South Carolina, however, fall nre small an d white. T here Is a deep planting, with the paying crop one w hite border on the goods in any color. year from Ihe following spring. Is the Brocade ratin e ts nlso new. Tlds is $4 most profltnhle method The particti * yard an d is serviceable for a traveling inr time during the sum m er or fall costume. It is light brown lu tone, when the pluntlng should be done will and the all over p a tte rn s are quite T he form er material Is, of be governed by the occurrence of the small. seasonal r a i n s - I f lu July and August, course, very sheer, while th e la tte r is plant then; If In September nnd Orto decidedly thick. her. plant at that time. If the earlier date can la? tnken a d v an ta g e of, so The Season's Favorite Colors. much th e better. The plants will have T he unmos of th e new colors are all a longer period In which to grow. more o r less associated w ith the per How to Set the Plants, sonages t h a t the Balkan w nr has Success In transplanting straw berry brought Into prominence. Many of the plants depends, first, upon the quality nam es are derived from th e titles of of the plant ami, second, upon the time th e princesses of the countries now en and m anner of doing the work If the gage,! in conflict In the Balkan terri plant» are good the stand, other con tory. Among th ese shades blue In Its ditions being favorable, depends upon vnrlous tints Is the most conspicuous: care In setting them No plant which Bonne Mine (vapor blue). the gnrdenei has to handle Is more ex Bu,ln|>est blue (midblue). acting In regard to depth of planting Danube blue (midblue). than the straw berry As the plant Is Wedgwood blue igraylsh blue). practically stem loss, the base of the Marie Elizabeth gold. leaves and the roots being so close to Princess Stephanie (plum color). gether. ra r e Is required to avoid set Princess Louise (brown). ting the plant so deep th at the terminal Yolenda green (reseda). bl,d be covered or so shallow that Yvonne (light blue). the tipper |>ortion of the roots will be Szilard rose. exposed, either being s d isadvantage Olga Regina iwistaria). which frequently results in loss. F unchal blue (sky blue). Clean and shallow c u ltu re ts the Eugenie (orchid). w atchw ord of successful c u ltiv ato rs « ro w e rs have come to realize th a t cul tivation m eans more than the d e s tra » C leaning C arpet Sweeper, tlon of w e d s M ulching (covering A good w ay to clean a carp et sw eeper the su rface of the soli w ith dead or to r,’m,’VP \be lb r" !' h' i," ', 1,a f,e r decnytng vegetable m atter Is the mean- h,nK off n" ,b e h alr* and ll” * •* lug of the term m ulching aa here used) ’rel1 w l,h ko,vsene 1 In stra w b e rry cu ltu re serves different mflln ,n *b,> nir ,ln" tb e ° <lor bft* purposes, depending opon the lo 'a lity *v nPo ra,ed 1 ,le s 'v,’ep<w will leave In which tbe p lan ts are grow n. i tb0 <**rP«*t* »nd n,CT ,ook,n* b rig h ter a fte r th is tr e a tm e n t Of Forest Grove, Oregon Conducted on Economic and Business Principles. T b e H om e Company That H as Made G ood. 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