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reduced to a condition which would
form an Ideal seed bed.
IN FR U ITS
AND BERRIES
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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.
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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
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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
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of the country to conform to climatic
and soli conditions. The factor most
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—• 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.
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F rom the preparing o(
the food to the serving,
ab so lu te cleanliness and
painstaking care is observ­
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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.
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Preparation ot the Soil.
Effect
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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
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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” *
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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.
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