Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . Chesapeake iFrom Year-Book, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1912. SMALL FRUITS 439 Fertilizers.—If the soil is not rich, for best results it should have adressing of at least twenty cartloads of well-decomposed stable manureper acre, either plowed under or incorporated with the soil by surfaceculture after plowing. If stable manure is not available, plant-food shouldbe supplied by a liberal use of fine-ground bone and chemical manures richin nitrogen and potash. The use up
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . Chesapeake iFrom Year-Book, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1912. SMALL FRUITS 439 Fertilizers.—If the soil is not rich, for best results it should have adressing of at least twenty cartloads of well-decomposed stable manureper acre, either plowed under or incorporated with the soil by surfaceculture after plowing. If stable manure is not available, plant-food shouldbe supplied by a liberal use of fine-ground bone and chemical manures richin nitrogen and potash. The use upon the plants at blooming time ofhighly nitrogenous manures, such as nitrate of soda, at the rate of about100 pounds per acre often proves of great value. If it can be applied insolution it will give quicker results than if put on in the form of a A Spray of Good in size and form increases the market price. Selecting and Preparing the Plants.—Plants with small crowns, i. e.,a moderate growth of leaves, and with an abundant development of fibrousroots, are most desirable. If the crown and the roots of the plant arein good condition, the success of the plantation is assured, provided theground has been well prepared and the work of planting is done withcare. Perfect and Imperfect Flowered Plants.—Strawberries occur withimperfect (or pistillate) flowers as well as with perfect flowers (thosecontaining both stamens and pistils). It is important to give carefulattention to this point in planting a plantation, as a patch made up ofpistillate sorts alone will be unproductive, while many such sorts when 440 SUCCESSFUL FARMING properly interspersed with perfect-flowered varieties have proved to bethe largest fruited and most prolific sorts. A common practice is to setevery fourth or fifth row with a perfect-f
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