Bulletin . Fi(i. 3.— Shoicing a short roio of Ktmwhemj plants too thick for best results. 166 N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. [Bulletin 137 operation. Cultivation ought, therefore, to begin soon afterthe plants are set and be repeated as often as necessary until latefall. The horse cultivator should be run close to the row untilrunners begin to set, when it will be necessary to narrow in thecultivated space at each working until about 18 to 20 inches areleft as a walk. This space should be kept clean by cutting offencroaching runners with the hoe or by the use of a runner cut-tor, Avhieh may be
Bulletin . Fi(i. 3.— Shoicing a short roio of Ktmwhemj plants too thick for best results. 166 N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. [Bulletin 137 operation. Cultivation ought, therefore, to begin soon afterthe plants are set and be repeated as often as necessary until latefall. The horse cultivator should be run close to the row untilrunners begin to set, when it will be necessary to narrow in thecultivated space at each working until about 18 to 20 inches areleft as a walk. This space should be kept clean by cutting offencroaching runners with the hoe or by the use of a runner cut-tor, Avhieh may be attached to the horse cultivator. In cultivatingand hoeing the land should be kept as nearly level as possible. Training the Runners. The most common error made by the beginner in strawbenygrowing is that of securing an over-stand of plants. Be-. ]i(j. ./.—.1 (li>^ir<ilili xIiiihI iif plants (! iticlicx (tpart. lieving that the amount of fruit from a certain area will be inproportion to the number of plants and blossoms thereon, plantsare frequently set close when starting the bod and the late run-ners brushed along the row by the cultivator instead of being May, 190S1 STRAWBERRIES FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE. 167 removed. The area necessary for the full development of oneplant is often occupied by three to five plants, which, having agreater number of leaves, evaporate more soil moisture and afterthe first picking produce only small inferior berries, often hav-ing hard, undeveloped tips. Hand thinning of plants is notadvised, neither is it necessary, as a proper stand may be se-cured by spacing the plants when setting according to thegrowth and later training the runners to vacant spaces whenhoeing and cutting off the late runners which extend into thewalks. Fig. 3 shows an over-stand with ])lants 3 inches aparteach way. Fig. 4
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