. Allen's book of berries : 1929. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. The W. F, Allen Ca^ Salisbury, Md, 11 MULCHING A mulch is applied for one or all of three reasons : First, to protect the plants from freezing and thawing of the soil in winter; second, to keep the soil cool and moist during the season when fruit is being produced; third, to keep berries from being spattered with dirt by rain during fruiting season. The mulch should be appled in the fall. In the spring when plants begin to
. Allen's book of berries : 1929. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. The W. F, Allen Ca^ Salisbury, Md, 11 MULCHING A mulch is applied for one or all of three reasons : First, to protect the plants from freezing and thawing of the soil in winter; second, to keep the soil cool and moist during the season when fruit is being produced; third, to keep berries from being spattered with dirt by rain during fruiting season. The mulch should be appled in the fall. In the spring when plants begin to start, this is raked to the center of the rows and there serves the purpose of retarding the growth of weeds and grass, keeping the ground loose and moist and the fruit clean. Use marsh grass, rye straw, wheat straw or simi- lar material. Coarse manure can be used but any heavy lumps must be beaten up or they will smother the plants in the fall. DISTANCE TO PLANT We recommend setting the plants in rows 3>^ to 4 feet apart, or even as much as 4>2 feet, if the soil is very fertile. The plants should be set 15 to 24 inches apart in the row, depending on the varieties set, the width of the rows themselves and the fertility of the land. Free growing varieties like Dunlap. Missionary, Paul Jones, Klondyke and Aroma which make large numbers of plants should be set farther apart than varieties like Chesapeake, Cooper, New York and others that make larger plants, but not so many of them. When set in rows 3 feet 8 inches apart and spaced 18 to 20 inches apart in the row, it requires about 8,000 plants per acre. San Bernardino County, Calif., Feb. 17, 1923.—Received the strawberry plants today. The plants were in fine condition, and I am well satisfied.—B. H. SCHULTZ. Lawrence County, Tenn., March 16, 1928.—I like your plants much better than any I've ever tried. They certainly are fine and I can rely on what you say about the different varieties you have to sell.—MRS. J. J.
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