Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-08-27
From the Indiana Farmer & Gardener.
strawberries.

of transpantng strawberry Also the mode of
culvang insure good crop have procured of the
best varieties, and intend cultivating them. G. NJ.
Directions for the culture Of the stra wberry
will vary with circumstanccs;-as, whether it is
raised for private uso, or for market. But. for
whatever purpose cultivated, respect must be in
variably had to tho fact Of staminate and pist
late flowers, malo and female. Each flower
contains the rudiments Of both the male and fc
male organs. But tho male organs are more or
less defective in one set OF plants ana the 1e-
male in another "and, in the Hudson and some
others, it amounts to a complete separation OF the
soxes. In some Of the male (staminate.) varIe-
tics moro or less Of tho blossoms also partaly
perfect in the female organs and will produce
some fruit"
''Every flower contains both the male and fe-
male organs; and in the white and monthly, both
organs always perfect in the same blossom,
far my experience goes. In other kinds
the malo organs re more or less detective IN one
set Of plants, and the female In tho other; and In
the Hudson and some otter varieties, it amounts
to n complete separation of the sexes. Tho male
organs defective in ono set Of plants, and
the female in tho other, TINT acre Of either
would not produce single fruit. In of the !,
malo (stamnate) varieties, more or less Of the
blossoms also moro or less perfect IN the fe-
male organs, and will produce more or loss truit
but ha soen a female plant with the ma le
organs sufficiently developed to produce a single
perfect fruit. Hovey's seedling and some others
may produce dcformed borries.-Longwort
Mr.. Longworth, in consequence of this fact.
always has compartment allotted to malo and
one to female plants, and out Of those he forms
his bods, being able thus to ensure proper pro-
portion Of males TO females. Mr.. 5. 5. Jackson.
a very skilful nurserymon Of Cincinnati. usually
in selling plants. puts up ninety females to ten
males in the hundred Where beds 10 be made
this season, the risk mus, be Of having barren
plants.
We shall now give the time and manner Of
p1n Of IF h9 hest
west, and tho east, and in England.
Mr.. Jackson says, 81 plant any time from the
first Of Apr, till they are in bloom. J. one year,
planted % square roods of ground; tho plants
were all in bloom when set out; and tho next year
picked 80 bushels, and therc wcro fully 10 bus
hels left the vines.
81 plant them in this wav-frst pow or spade
the ground; harrow it smooih then strain limo on
one side nine inches from tho edge, and row
from twelve to fifteen inches apart; than move
the limo eighteen inches, and plant another row:
thon move it three feet. and again eighteen
inches-and so on till the ground is planted. |
then go over and put one mai plant ovory six
feet, between the two rows. Keep them clear of
weeds through the summon, and let them spread
as much they will.
ain the fall dress the out walks eighteen inches
wide, which will leave tho beds three feet wide;
and when it sets in cold. give them light cover
ing Of straw; rake il off in the spring. You may
ahanAxnc.1 n full cron.- i is hest to mako
But plantations may % made through the sum-
mer, and late as September: of course, the
earlier IN tho season the better established the
plants VII! become before winter, and tho larger
tho next summers crop. Thus bed formed in
September would bear very scantily; while Mr..
Jackson's beds, formed in the spring, produced a
large crop the next season.
Mr.. Kenrick gives tho following methods us
practscd by market gardeners Boston, tho
first strikes as being the most economi-
cal way Of working strawberries, large scale,
that we have
ain tho vicinity Of Boston, the following mode
is often adopted: The vines usually trans
planted in August. The rows arc formed from
eighteen inches to two feet asunder. The run
ners, during the first year. destroyed In tho
second year they suffered to grow and fill tho
interval, and in the autumn Of that year, the
whole old rows turned under with the spade
and the thus shifted to tho middle of tho
space. The Same process is repeated every SO
cond year."
Another mode, which may DO recommended
generally, is to plant tho strawberries in rows
thirty inches asunder. and nine inches distant In
the row. and suffer the vines to extend to the width
Of eighteen inches leaving twaivc inches space
for alley; or allow eighteen inches width to
the alleys, and three feet asunder to tho rows and /
TO form now beds every three years. or never to
suffer the bed to exist over four years; and to
plant out in August in preference to spring.
DR.. Bayne Of Alexandria n. c., gives his me-
thod Of producing very large fruit. A popularity
of his treatment is the Of undecomposed or
green manure. Almost every other cultva,or
recommends well rotted manure: and, are in
clined to think. with tho better reason. We have
found some English cutivators who agree with
him; but the most dssuade from the practice. IS
making plants productive Of leaves rather than
fruit.
ITO produce strawberries of extraordinary size
for exhibition, l would recommend tho following
preparation: select the best soil and trench it
least two feet deep; Incorporate we'll with the first
twelve inches an abundance Of strong undecom- s
posed manure; puverze and rake the ground we'll. v