. Allen's strawberry catalogue. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY FIG. I. SET JUST RIGHT. FIG. 8. SET TOO DEEP. FIG. 9. SET TOO SHALLOW Figure 7 shows you a plant properly placed in the ground. The top of the crown, where the leaves come out, should be just"! above the surface, after the plant is set and the soil leveled down around it. The lines in these figures indi- cate the surface of the ground. Figure 8 shows a plant set too deep. Earth over the'cro
. Allen's strawberry catalogue. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY FIG. I. SET JUST RIGHT. FIG. 8. SET TOO DEEP. FIG. 9. SET TOO SHALLOW Figure 7 shows you a plant properly placed in the ground. The top of the crown, where the leaves come out, should be just"! above the surface, after the plant is set and the soil leveled down around it. The lines in these figures indi- cate the surface of the ground. Figure 8 shows a plant set too deep. Earth over the'crown will usually kill it, or at least prevent its doing well. Figure 9 shows a plant set too shallow. The air can get to the roots and so can the sunshine, and the plant will not do well under such conditions. The roots should all be in the ground. I do not sup- pose anyone would set a plant quite so deep as in figure 8, nor quite so shallow as shown by figure 9. I have exaggerated these cuts to make the lesson plain. Also the leaves on the plants are a little more upright than you usually find them when setting out. Ther often crinkle down so as to be in the way. Of course we had to put them out of the way in these pictures so as to show you plainly just how to do the setting. Do not make the holes except as fast as you want to set the plants. So as to have the soil moist where the roots will touch. Take the plants out of the pail only as fast as you want to set them. Early Spring, just as soon as ihe ground can be easily worked, is the BEST TIME OF ALL THE WHOLE YEAR to plant strawberdes in any section where there are extreme frosts in winter, especially if planting is to be done on a large scale and plants have to be brought from a distance. How to plant will depend largely upon local conditions, size and shape of the field, etc. In the small family garden or city lot, where there is little chance to use horse and cultivf>tor they may be planned one foot apart each way, in
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