. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Forcing Strawberries. 249 plunged to receive the runner and the fruiting pot; but it was soon found that with care in handUng through the summer, one shift from the two-inch pot direct into the six-inch fruiting pot gave as good results as more frequent shifting. This saves the labor of at least two shifts, and allows root growth to continue Rooting the Runners and Handling the Plants. The practice now is to plunge two inch-pots filled
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Forcing Strawberries. 249 plunged to receive the runner and the fruiting pot; but it was soon found that with care in handUng through the summer, one shift from the two-inch pot direct into the six-inch fruiting pot gave as good results as more frequent shifting. This saves the labor of at least two shifts, and allows root growth to continue Rooting the Runners and Handling the Plants. The practice now is to plunge two inch-pots filled with rich soil along rows of virgin plants, i. e., runners that were set early the same season which have never borne a crbp of fruit. Then the first and strongest runners from these plants are led over the pots and as soon as they are well rooted and established in the pots they are cut off from the parent plant, the pots lifted and taken to a convenient place where the plants are at once shifted into the fruiting pots. The Soil—At this final potting, a soil is used containing a large proportion of sandy fibrous loam. If not of light texture, sand should be added in the proportion of one to four. To this mixture is added a four-inch potful of dissolved rock or ground bone and a three-inch potful of nmriate of potash to every four bushels of soil. Good drainage and firm potting are absolutely essential, and the latter is secured by using a potting stick to pack the soil in each pot. Treatmejit in the Cold Frame—After potting, the plants should be plunged to the rim in coal cinders or other cool material, and if pro- tected by a frame will need less attention in watering than if unpro- tected. After plunging, water thoroughly once, then hold water from the pots as much as possible without allowing the soil to become entirely dry—until roots have well started from the first ball of roots —then water as needed until the pots have filled with roots. After Fig. 4.—Illustra
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