. Allen's 83rd book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. SOIL AND LOCATION. Any soil that makes good yields of garden or field crops will produce strawberries in abun- dance, whether that soil is a light sandy loam or a heavy clay. Here are some pointers. 1. In rolling country a sloping field gives better air drainage and less injurious frosts. 2. Run the berry rows across a steeply sloping field rather than up and down to help prevent 3. Follow a hoed crop to make less w
. Allen's 83rd book of berries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. SOIL AND LOCATION. Any soil that makes good yields of garden or field crops will produce strawberries in abun- dance, whether that soil is a light sandy loam or a heavy clay. Here are some pointers. 1. In rolling country a sloping field gives better air drainage and less injurious frosts. 2. Run the berry rows across a steeply sloping field rather than up and down to help prevent 3. Follow a hoed crop to make less weeds and grass to contend with in the strawberries. 4. Avoid sod land that may harbor grub worms which cut or injure your plants. Use of chlordane makes the use of sod land much safer. With treatment we would prefer good sod land to poor cul- tivated land. 5. Change the place of the strawberry bed every few years. It will help to keep up the vigor and growth and reduce the danger of- a build up of disease and insect trouble. 6. A rank growth of weeds and grass on a vacant lot, garden plot or unused field indicates soil fertile enough to grow good crops of strawberries. 7. Most important of all — Select land that holds moisture well because (a) it is naturally springy, (b) it has a high water table, (c) because lots of organic matter in the form of animal manures or green crops has been incorporated in the soil. Of course, if irrigation is available, you can give the plants water when necessary. LAND PREPARATION. In late winter or very early spring the land should be plowed or in small plots spaded to a depth of 6 to 8 inches. Then with a har- row or rake it should be leveled off to form a smooth friable planting bed. Here are some of the things which are not necessary but which are very helpful in getting bigger, better crops of berries: 1. Plowing under in late summer a heavy growth of green crops such as peas, beans, clover, sowed corn, weeds, grass, etc. All these rot quic
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