The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-09-01

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Setting Strawberry Plants.
From the Country Gentleman. !

Setting Strawberry Plants.
FRIEND TUCKER & Son Your correspondent
from Schenectady, CA. Van Voast) relates his
success with SO plants of the Wilson strawberry,
and seems to have anticipated some tall stories
/ about this delicious fruit''
The Yield from the quantity of ground is i'm
mense, but from the number of plants we can tell
taller stories, in Western New Y rk Among
story tellersyou know Messrs. Editors, the man
who tells the first, mast be beaten, and by the
same rule, he who tells the second or third, only
stands at the head of the class till his successor
has got off has yarn.
/ have lived in old Dirrup, and know very
well that the Mohawk Flats are capable of pro-
ducing as fine berries and in as great abundance
as any spot inthe Empire State, not excepting
Wayne and Monroe counties, which are so cele-
brated for their fruits and fruit trees of all
kinds.
In the spring Of 1853, I,set out one dozen
plants of Wilson's Seeding strawberry. They
were placed in a good soil, well adapted for the
strawberry culture. ! got few berries that
season, and a good increase of vines This
season, up to this time, (Aug. 5th,) I have set
over 5000 plants in my own grounds over 1000
for neighbors sold 50 worth of plants, and over
8 bushels of strawberries, and think it a safe es-
innate at Il bushels eaten by visitors served
upon our table, and made into preserves-ma-
king Al bushels of berries and with the plants
yet to take up not less than 10000 plants-all
the product of the one dozen set in 1858.
-a / infer from the size of our friend Van Voasts
patch that his increase of vines were not re-
moved. Mine were taken from the old plants
and set between rows of corn in July and Au-
gust. AS soon as the corn was harvested the
corn roots were removed from the grouud and
the young plants had possession, standing in
rows feet apart and about u inches apart in
the row. This patch of plants was great
ly admired, and had many visitors. In com
municatiom to the Rural Newly orker, [ esti-
mated my young plants to average so berries
each; but on counting some of them, when the
first berries were beginning to rpen, fair plants
were found to contain go to $50 berries EACH
AS to size no one who reads the +" tall stories
in the public prints and believes them, will
doubt their being prodigious. The first pick
ing we sold for 25 cents per quart One quart
was counted, and found to contain just So ber-
ries. At the next picking, filled quart (tin
measure) with 40 berries Others have pro-
duced larger berries Of this same variety and in
larger quantity to the square rod but without
extra culture and novice in the business my
experiment is entirely satisfactory. Don't say,
after all this array of testimony, that you can't
find time or a place to plant square rod, at
least, of the Wilson berries.
1t is policy for vendors of plants, to recon-
mend spring planting, because a good plant at
this time, if left in its place, will make from three
or four to a dozen good plants for spring plan
ting. But if plants can be procured in good
order, and set in August good crop of fruit
may confidently be expected the next June,
whereas the same plants set in the spring will
not give fruit till the following season. that is,
not much fruit You can set them in your po-
tato patch, or corn patch, just about as well as
if the ground was entirely vacant.
great many persons who would like to have
a supply of straw berries don't know how to be-
gin or how to set them. Let us talk little
about that, and see if you can't find place,
and spare the time, and the change too You
have your eye on the spot where you would like
to see fine crop of strawberries perhaps it is
occupied with potatoes, corn, onions, or may be
grass plat If the latter, spade it up immed-
atey, and shake out with a manure fork the
grass and roots; if the former, it needs only to
be raked level between the rows of Vegetables,
and set the plants by line.
Say you want certain piece converted into
strawberry bed you may set it at the rate of
one plant to every twenty five square feet Chat
is nve feet each way,) and have the ground COM
petely covered with plants thefollowing season,
you may set them much closer together, and
get more berries from given quantity of land
the hrst season. 1. w. Briggs. Macedon
Centre, ~ Y