. Allen's 84th book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. double hill row with plants 12 inches apart in the row and 30 inches between each double hill row. This plan makes possible economies in cultivation and runner cutting. All hill system plans require extra plants. PLANTS FOR VARIOUS PLANTING DISTANCE In the row Total per acre Rows 3 ft. apart 3 ft. " 3V2 ft. " 3% ft. " 4 ft. " 4 ft. " 3 ft. 8 in. " 18 inches 24 18 24 18 24 18 9,680 plants 7,260 8,
. Allen's 84th book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. double hill row with plants 12 inches apart in the row and 30 inches between each double hill row. This plan makes possible economies in cultivation and runner cutting. All hill system plans require extra plants. PLANTS FOR VARIOUS PLANTING DISTANCE In the row Total per acre Rows 3 ft. apart 3 ft. " 3V2 ft. " 3% ft. " 4 ft. " 4 ft. " 3 ft. 8 in. " 18 inches 24 18 24 18 24 18 9,680 plants 7,260 8,297 6,223 7,260 5,445 7,128 SOIL AND LOCATION. Any soil that makes good yields of garden or field crops will produce strawberries in abun- dance, whether that soil is a light sandy loam or a heavy clay. Here are some pointers. 1. In rolling country a sloping field gives better air drainage and less injurious frosts. 2. Run the berry rows across a steeply sloping field rather than up and down to help prevent erosion. 3. Follow a hoed crop to make less weeds and grass to contend with in the strawberries. 4. Avoid sod land that may harbor grub worms which cut or injure your plants. Use of chlordane makes the use of sod land much safer. With treatment we would prefer good sod land to poor cul- tivated land. 5. Change the place of the strawberry bed every few years. It will help to keep up the vigor and growth and reduce the danger of a build up of disease and insect trouble. 6. A rank growth of weeds and grass on a vacant lot, garden plot or unused field indicates soil fertile enough to grow good crops of strawberries. 7. Most important of all — Select land that holds moisture well because (a] it is naturally springy, (b) it has a high water table, (c) because lots of organic matter in the form of animal manures or green crops has been incorporated in the soil. Of course, if irrigation is available, you can give the plants water when necessary. LAND PREPARATION. In late winter or
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