. The fruit-growers guide-book. hem come incontact with the soil. The dibble should be grasped in theright hand, thrust into the soil, and given an outward shoveso as to make an opening behind it. The left hand thengrasps the plant, shakes the roots out loosely and shovesthem carefully into the hole so that the crown comes ex-actly at the surface. The dibble is then withdrawn andinserted again a couple of inches away from the plant andthe soil pulled up against the roots. A little experiencesoon teaches one to know how to do the work quickly. Systems in Planting There are three systems of plan
. The fruit-growers guide-book. hem come incontact with the soil. The dibble should be grasped in theright hand, thrust into the soil, and given an outward shoveso as to make an opening behind it. The left hand thengrasps the plant, shakes the roots out loosely and shovesthem carefully into the hole so that the crown comes ex-actly at the surface. The dibble is then withdrawn andinserted again a couple of inches away from the plant andthe soil pulled up against the roots. A little experiencesoon teaches one to know how to do the work quickly. Systems in Planting There are three systems of planting or training, the hill,hedge row and matted row. Each has its advantages and 232 The Fruit-Growers Guide-Book disadvantages, and the method to adopt will depend on theconditions under which one must work. The hill system consists in growing the plants in indi-vidual hills or stools, only one plant in a place. Such apractice makes a lot of hand work necessary and limitsthe size of the field. There are several ways of growing. Characteristic appearance of an old strawberry plant, notsuitable for planting. Black, wiry roots at the bottom andnew roots above them. Winter Protection 233 berries in hills, but they all resolve into the matter of keep-ing all of the runners off the plants and making all of thestrength of the plant go into the development of one bigfruit producing plant. The hedge row is more popular than the hill system, asit entails a smaller amount of labor and enables one to setthe rows closer together. In this system each mother plantis allowed to make two runners and these are trained inthe row, one going on one side and the second on the otherside. When the plants are set from three to three and one-half feet apart and two feet in the row, they should standabout six inches apart in the rows after the runners arelayered. This system can be elaborated upon a little by what issometimes called the double hedge row. This is essen-tially the same as the hedge row ex
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