. Reading Nursery : [catalog] 1875. . oring rains, enormous crops are the rule. Plant early in May, if possible in New England; or in Sept. orOctober is often successful. The best of roots for fall plainingare not obtained until well into autumn. For manure, muck, lotted turf, wood soil, ashes, &c, arebest Bone dust is excellent. Set in 3 feet rows 15 inches apartin row, for field culture ; and 15 inches each way for hill cul-ieaving a pathway at the third row. Keep in hills with run-ners cut Cultivate clean, mulch late in f ill, uncover plantsearly in spring, remove mulch after fruiting, and
. Reading Nursery : [catalog] 1875. . oring rains, enormous crops are the rule. Plant early in May, if possible in New England; or in Sept. orOctober is often successful. The best of roots for fall plainingare not obtained until well into autumn. For manure, muck, lotted turf, wood soil, ashes, &c, arebest Bone dust is excellent. Set in 3 feet rows 15 inches apartin row, for field culture ; and 15 inches each way for hill cul-ieaving a pathway at the third row. Keep in hills with run-ners cut Cultivate clean, mulch late in f ill, uncover plantsearly in spring, remove mulch after fruiting, and spade in agood dressing of manure, if you conti ue the old bed. Butwe think a new bed set every spring is the most satisfactory. Wilson. Large, conical, dark red, firm, hardy ; prolific,rather acid, but this is corrected by sugar and cream. Sueceeds everywhere, and more planted than all other kinds j uttogether. $ per hund. Downers Prolific. Medium, round, scarlet; sweet,abundant bearer. A well tested variety. $ per Cutters Seedling. Oatters Seedling. This strawberry we introduced in1$59. Showed the fruit five Saturdays in succession. Fruit-ed at the rate of 7000 quarts to the acre in our gr >unds Isone of the very best for home use. Begins to npen very ear-ly. Has a most refreshing wild strawberry flavor. Lightred, parts readily from hull. $1 50 per hund. See cut. We are able to furnish other varieties of Strawberry plants :■Charles Downing, Kentucky, and several other per 1000, on consultation. After all the varieties introduced since we commenced strawberries in 1853, we feel confident these five sortsare as good as any we have ftund lor light -soils, for we have*e*ted scores of varieties; and fine, nice, ripe strawberries arewhat the .people wani, not namts. [See remarks on next col ] FRUITS* We ceased to be successful on light soil unless we fertilizedwith wood ashes, or its equivalent in potash. One hundredbushels of ashes to th
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