Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees, roses etc ellwangerbarrysg1894moun Year: 1894 GENERAL GATALOO UE. 41 A bed managed in this way will g-ive two-full crops, and should then be spaded or plowed down, a new one lu the .meantime having- been prepared to take its place. To Ascertain the Number of Plants Required for an Acre. The number of plants required for an acre, at anj- given distance apart, may be ascertained by dividing' the number of square feet in an acre (43,560), by the number of square feet given to each plant, whic
Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees, roses etc ellwangerbarrysg1894moun Year: 1894 GENERAL GATALOO UE. 41 A bed managed in this way will g-ive two-full crops, and should then be spaded or plowed down, a new one lu the .meantime having- been prepared to take its place. To Ascertain the Number of Plants Required for an Acre. The number of plants required for an acre, at anj- given distance apart, may be ascertained by dividing' the number of square feet in an acre (43,560), by the number of square feet given to each plant, which is obtained by multipljang the distance between rows by the distance between the plants. Thus, strawberries planted three feet by one foot, give each plant three square feet, or 14,520 plants to the acre. LAYER PLANTS. The plants which we usually furnish are well rooted layers from the open ground. This has been our practice for over fifty years, and we have never had any reason to think that this mode of gi'owing was not a success. PLANTS BY MAIL. For the convenience of those who cannot be reached by the express companies, we will forward by mail, pre- paid, layer plants of all the varieties enumerated in this list. Jit the dozen rate the jylants will be mailed at the prices annexed, without extra charge. the hundred rate, if sent by mail, 25 cts. additional per hundred plants, must be remitted for postage. Tfiis is an actual outlay for postage. POX GROWN PLANTS CANNOT BE SENT BT MAIL. POT GROWN PLANTS. Ready for Shipment after July Of late this kind of plant has become very popular, and is almost exclusively employed for garden iJlautiug. The failures are few, and much care and labor are avoided. We grow the plants in thumb pots, and when they are well established and ready to ship, we turn them out of the pots, preserving- the ball of earth around the roots and wrapping it in paper. In this way, during the hottest weather in Jxily and August, plants can be trans
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