. The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . is largely a local problem. Some va-rieties yield better and come to greater perfection in a given locality thanothers, and this cannot be told untilafter a trial. For this reason it is bestfor the beginner to leave the matterof varieties to the nurseryman or seeds-man from whom he obtains his plants. All the varieties mentioned aboveare perfect-flowered varieties, and willproduce fruit if planted alone. Somevarieties, however, have imperfect blos-soms, and cannot fecundate them-selves. A number of our best varie
. The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . is largely a local problem. Some va-rieties yield better and come to greater perfection in a given locality thanothers, and this cannot be told untilafter a trial. For this reason it is bestfor the beginner to leave the matterof varieties to the nurseryman or seeds-man from whom he obtains his plants. All the varieties mentioned aboveare perfect-flowered varieties, and willproduce fruit if planted alone. Somevarieties, however, have imperfect blos-soms, and cannot fecundate them-selves. A number of our best varietiesbelong to this class. They will notbear any fruit at all unless plantedalongside of a perfect flowered kindthat blossoms at the same time. Thenurseryman will see that the rightkinds are sent, if the matter is left inhis hands. Wherever the garden is, there thestrawberry will grow, and produceenough fruit for home use if well cul-tivated and cared for. There may besome failures, if the garden is locatedin a low, frosty place, but with manyof the readers of this magazine the. Sharpless Strawberries 65 garden is located on the lot with thehome, and cannot be changed. In planning a bed for five people,make it about fifteen feet wide and fiftyfeet long. This will furnish enoughberries for the family and some for yourfriends. Gardening expands the of the joy in raising fruit comesfrom the pleasure of giving part of itaway. Prepare the ground by putting ona good big load of stable manure, fiftypounds of bone meal, and a bushel ofunleached, hardwood ashes. If theashes are leached, put on two ashes are worthless. The man-ure is best, if well rotted; but use freshmanure, if the rotted cannot be ob-tained. No fertilizer is so good forstrawberries as stable manure. Have the manure forked or spadedinto the soil eight or ten inches cultivate, and rake the grounduntil all the lumps are broken downand it is fine and mellow. Lay offthe rows lengthwise of th
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