. Allen's book of berries for 1938. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. Methods of Setting Plants Where commercial fertilizer is to be used under the plants, rows should be run out 3 or 4 inches deep with a one-horse plow, the fertilizer drilled into these rows and thoroughly worked in. Then the soil should be thrown back into these furrows and again leveled off. Where considerable acreages are planted, a horse- drawn transplanter such as is used for sweet potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, etc., i
. Allen's book of berries for 1938. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. Methods of Setting Plants Where commercial fertilizer is to be used under the plants, rows should be run out 3 or 4 inches deep with a one-horse plow, the fertilizer drilled into these rows and thoroughly worked in. Then the soil should be thrown back into these furrows and again leveled off. Where considerable acreages are planted, a horse- drawn transplanter such as is used for sweet potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, etc., is often used. To do a good job this way, however, requires skill and experience, if the crowns of the plants are to be left at the proper level with the roots extending straight into the ground and not set on a slant, oftentimes near the surface of the ground. This method requires a driver, two operators and another man to walk behind to fill in missing plants, reset those too high or too low and to firm the soil around the plants. A spade, trowel or dibble are the tools most often used in setting plants. Where one of these is used, they are set down the pre- pared row with the roots of the plants spread out as much as possible and the bud of the plant just at the surface of the ground. It is also important to press the ground firmly against the roots and to see that dirt is filled in near the crown of the plant so that the top of the roots will not be left exposed. (See sketch for proper depth of planting.) Where the fertilizer is not put under the plants, the rows can merely be laid off with a marker and the plants set by any of the methods suggested down the marked row instead of down the fertilized row. Avoid Late Setting Late in the season plants have produced a heavy foliage growth. This drains the vitality from the roots and in hot, dry seasons especially will make them dry and withered by May 1st or soon after. In setting plants with a heavy top growth, when roots are s
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