. Catalogue of pedigree plants for season of 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Catalogs; Nursery stock Connecticut Glastonbury; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 4 Q. H. & J. H. bale's CATALOaUB OP At the approach of winter, or as soon as the ground is frosen in the fall, cover the whole field with a mulch of old hay, straw, leaves, corn stalks, tobacco stems, or any other Mulching. coarse, cheap material. This will prevent the alternate freezing and thawing so injurious to die plants. There are two ways to retain in the soil the moisture
. Catalogue of pedigree plants for season of 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Catalogs; Nursery stock Connecticut Glastonbury; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 4 Q. H. & J. H. bale's CATALOaUB OP At the approach of winter, or as soon as the ground is frosen in the fall, cover the whole field with a mulch of old hay, straw, leaves, corn stalks, tobacco stems, or any other Mulching. coarse, cheap material. This will prevent the alternate freezing and thawing so injurious to die plants. There are two ways to retain in the soil the moisture that is so essential to successful strawberry culture: One is by the thorough preparation and cultiva- tion of the soil as previously recommended, and the other is by mulching; therefore, that which is put on for winter protection need not be removed in the spring, but simply be loosened up a little, and the plants will grow up through it, except in places where it may be a little too thick it can be raked off into the paths between the rows. Thus the mulch will serve the double purpose of keeping the fruit clean and the ground moist during fruiting season. As to cleaning out old beds for renewal, it will not pay with those grown in matted rows. It is more profitable to plant new beds each year, and if land is plenty leave the old bed to grow at will. It will give two or three early pickings of medium berries. Our Cleaning Out Old own plan, however, is to plow up all matted beds immediately after the Beds for Renewal, picking season the first year. Fields planted in narrow rows, or in matted hills in check rows, may be more easily cleaned out for renewal, as a horse and cultivator can be made to do much of the workj but to save fifty per cent, or more of labor cost, and secure the best results, the work of renewal should be begun at once as soon as the last picking is made. A week or two's delay is dangerous, even if other work is pressing. The blossoms of most varieties are p
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