. Allen's descriptive catalogue of choice strawberry plants : grown and for sale by W. F. Allen, Jr. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. Young Plant. Figr. 454. ' ^. Plants Buxcnii . Pip a\"T. Fie V^'. When and How to Plant, Early tpring, just as scon as the gr< in d can be easily worke . is the best time of the whole year to plant strawberries, in any section where there are extreme fin si - in winter, especia'ly if planting is to ! e done on a large scale and plants have to be brou&
. Allen's descriptive catalogue of choice strawberry plants : grown and for sale by W. F. Allen, Jr. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. Young Plant. Figr. 454. ' ^. Plants Buxcnii . Pip a\"T. Fie V^'. When and How to Plant, Early tpring, just as scon as the gr< in d can be easily worke . is the best time of the whole year to plant strawberries, in any section where there are extreme fin si - in winter, especia'ly if planting is to ! e done on a large scale and plants have to be brou&ht from a distance. How to plant will depend largely upon local ronditions, size and shape of the field, etc. In the small family garden or citv lot where there is little chance to use horse and culti* a^or. they may be planted one foot apart each w ay, in two or three rows: then lea*-e a space of three fe< t to furnish a path during the picking season. Planted in this way, all runners should be kept off the ystem, we let each plant strike a few runners along the line of tbe row. and then, later in the - son. keep all runneis eff: while if the broad math A row is wanted, all runners are allowed to take root, and the cultivator nariowed up a Ji-tie at each cultivation dur- ing the latter part of th^ season, till we have matted beds f plants two feet wid. w ith a walk one foot wide between them. The narrow io * is the more profitable of these uv., systems: \et the matted row i- the most adopted, as many people are of the opinion that the more plants the more berries, forgetting that tbe more light, air. manure, and moisture a plant the more and i etter fiuu it can Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen Co. (Salisbury, Md. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog
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