An introduction to agriculture . n rows 5 to 6 feet apart,with the plants Sy^ to 8 feet apart in the rows. Thesefruits are commonly attacked by fungous diseases, whichcan be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux mixture. Gooseberries and currants may be safely grown inall sections of the United States. The plants are com-monly set in rows, 5 to 6 feet apart, with the plants 3to 4 feet apart in the rows. They should be sprayedwith Bordeaux mixture containing some poison. Laterin the season, if pests are troublesome, the plants should;be sprayed with white hellebore. 199. Strawberries.— The habit
An introduction to agriculture . n rows 5 to 6 feet apart,with the plants Sy^ to 8 feet apart in the rows. Thesefruits are commonly attacked by fungous diseases, whichcan be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux mixture. Gooseberries and currants may be safely grown inall sections of the United States. The plants are com-monly set in rows, 5 to 6 feet apart, with the plants 3to 4 feet apart in the rows. They should be sprayedwith Bordeaux mixture containing some poison. Laterin the season, if pests are troublesome, the plants should;be sprayed with white hellebore. 199. Strawberries.— The habit of growth of the 200 AN INTKODUCTION TO AGRICULTURE strawberry plant differs from that of all the other plantsstudied. When the strawberry plant has produced itsfruit, it sends out runners which take root and producenew plants. These new plants are used to plant a newberry field. Only the strongest and best plants shouldbe selected. The field into which the new plants areto set should be ready before the plants are dug or re-. Courtetiii of tlie Aeoaho Nurseries Co., Neosho. Mo. THE RIGHT AND WRONG WAY TO SET PLANTS AToo shallow B Too deep C Just right ceived from the nurseryman. Strawberry plants arecommonly planted in rows, three to four feet apart withthe plants about 18 inches apart in the row. Before the new plants are transplanted, the roots aregenerally trimmed back so that they will be about threeinches long, and all the leaves, except two or three smallones, are removed. It usually pays to mulch straw- THE OKCHARD 201 berry plants in the fall with light, strawy, and coarsemanure, or with other strawy material. Some varieties of strawberry plants produce no pollenand are called imperfect plants. If only this kind i&planted, naturally, no berries will ever form. Othervarieties are perfect and produce pollen as well as is therefore necessary when a variety of imperfectplants is planted, that perfect varieties also are plantedwith them in alternate rows. The
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