. Prince of BEuitiEs. ^T{(AWBEI(I(IEp. To cultivate the Strawberry for family use, we recom- mend planting in beds 4 feet wide, with an alley 2 feet wide between each bed. These beds will accommodate 3 rows of plants, which may stand 15 inches apart each way, and the outside row 9 inches from the alley. The beds can be kept clean easier and the fruit gathered without setting the feet upon them. The ground should be well prepared by trenching or ploughing at least 10 or 12 inches deep, and be enriched with well-rotled manure, ground bone, wood ashes, or an)' good fertilizer. When the ground fre
. Prince of BEuitiEs. ^T{(AWBEI(I(IEp. To cultivate the Strawberry for family use, we recom- mend planting in beds 4 feet wide, with an alley 2 feet wide between each bed. These beds will accommodate 3 rows of plants, which may stand 15 inches apart each way, and the outside row 9 inches from the alley. The beds can be kept clean easier and the fruit gathered without setting the feet upon them. The ground should be well prepared by trenching or ploughing at least 10 or 12 inches deep, and be enriched with well-rotled manure, ground bone, wood ashes, or an)' good fertilizer. When the ground freezes in the early wititer, cover the entire bed with salt meadow hay to the def)th of 1 or 2 inches. If this cannot be had, use straw, which is improved by being cut; corn- stalks, long manure, leaves, shavings, or other material that will not pack and smother the plant, will answer the purpose. In the early spring remove part of the covering, and place as much as possible under the foliage of the plants to keep the fruit clean and the weeds from growing.
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