. [Fruit culture]. imits of the row largely by cultivation. During the spring following the transplanting of the plants b,all the plants in the row in (b), including the plants b, whichaie now 2 years old, and the plants c, which are now 1 yearold, will blossom. These strawberry blossoms are allowed toremain and the fruit will be borne early in the summer on theplants of both ages. After the fruit isharvested from theplants in (&), one oftwo methods of pro-cedure may be fol-lowed. Either, as isoften the case, thestrawberry plants areplowed under and theground devoted tosome other crop, or, as
. [Fruit culture]. imits of the row largely by cultivation. During the spring following the transplanting of the plants b,all the plants in the row in (b), including the plants b, whichaie now 2 years old, and the plants c, which are now 1 yearold, will blossom. These strawberry blossoms are allowed toremain and the fruit will be borne early in the summer on theplants of both ages. After the fruit isharvested from theplants in (&), one oftwo methods of pro-cedure may be fol-lowed. Either, as isoften the case, thestrawberry plants areplowed under and theground devoted tosome other crop, or, as described elsewhere, the bed is continuedand another crop of fruit is secured the following summer. From the foregoing explanation it will be seen that fruit isnot ordinarily secured from an original strawberry plant untilthe third year. Fruit can, of course, be secured the first year,but this will be at the expense of the crop of the following yearor of the ability of the plant to produce strong runner Fig 22 35. Growers who buy their strawberry plants for settingdo not practice that part of the process of strawberry growingshown in (a), but pay the nurseryman for doing it for growers practice only that part of the process shownin (6), the plants they buy and set out in the field where thecrop is to be produced being represented by the plants b. In 28 STRAWBERRIES § 15 this way they secure a crop the second year. After once gettinga propagating bed, such as that shown in (a), in operation,growers who produce their own plants for setting will also enjoythe same advantage, because each year they will have a freshlot of plants that correspond to the plants b to set in the fruit-ing bed. In addition to this they will also have the advantageof knowing that they control the varieties they are propagating bed is perpetuated by taking some of the plants band setting them in a separate plot of ground to continue theprocess shown in (a), while the large
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