Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1908 (1908) Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1908 . dreersmidsummerc1908henr Year: 1908 W^ Directions for Garden Culture RIGHT WAY OF To cultivate Strawberries for family use, we recommend a thorough preparation of the ground by spading or plowing. Work into the soil a liberal quantity of well-rotted manure. Use also our brands of ground bone and wood ashes. Plant in rows two feet apart ; the plants fifteen inches apart in rows. Pinch off all runners. Cultivate frequently. In December cover the entire bed an inch deep PLANTING with straw or long litter from the sta
Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1908 (1908) Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1908 . dreersmidsummerc1908henr Year: 1908 W^ Directions for Garden Culture RIGHT WAY OF To cultivate Strawberries for family use, we recommend a thorough preparation of the ground by spading or plowing. Work into the soil a liberal quantity of well-rotted manure. Use also our brands of ground bone and wood ashes. Plant in rows two feet apart ; the plants fifteen inches apart in rows. Pinch off all runners. Cultivate frequently. In December cover the entire bed an inch deep PLANTING with straw or long litter from the stable. In late March remove litter from crowns of the plants, but not from the alleys. Use sufficient straw about plants to keep the berries clean. This is the ' hill ' system of strawberry growing, and is especially adapted to summer and autumn planting. It involves the most work, but produces finest berries and largest crop from a given area. The 'matted row' plan, more especially suited to spring planting, is used by all market gar- deners, and is adapted to family gardens also. It is substantially as follows : Prepare the ground as above. Set the plants in rows three feet apart, and fifteen inches apart in rows : permit runners to form and take root; cultivate the alleys continually, as close to the plants as possible, finally making alley and row each about eighteen inches in width. Keep the bed wholly free of weeds. Cover in winter, as above, and in March uncover crowns of plants. Use plenty of mulching, so as to keep berries clean and ground moist and cool. WRONG WAY OF PLANTING
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