New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-06
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB
MONDAY No0s, April 4.-The meeting to-day was
rot quite Us full ususl, though about one hundred
men and women we're present..
RoBI l.. PELL acted as Chairman. The Secretary,
Judge aEIGs read e variety of extracts OF useful
articles from Foreign and American Journals.
Strar6erries.-R. G. PARDEE-It depends upon
fair treatment to make this plant bear abundanty
every year. But it needs experience OF the different
sors 10 be successful because the varieties have diff
ferent habits In Spring, rake back the straw from
the crown of tho plaDts and let it lie between rows.
Sprinkle vito soap suis every few days. Poll ont the
weeds as iast they appear never cut oil runners.
In October. rake off all the lightly struck runners,
and hsu select Wig rOus old OF new plants TO stand for
bearers next year and turn under the otbes and cover
in the fall sgain with stra~ or leaves. The ground
being we'll pre- pared in the fret place, don need coz
tnusl .orkipg. Toe most prolific bearer is the VIII
seeding. do not esteem Peaoodys seeding asa
fine favored berry Hovey seeding lie not go good a.
his Boston pite Veryfewkoow -hat good strawberry
is. stin ulated my much that they greV
all leaves and stems sod no fruit. In preparirg
ground for beo, would fork 1t very ieep, cay two
feet, sBd dress with ssnes or leaf mold never with
animal azure. You'd pot rare plsots in rows three
feet spart, ard tso feet in the rows. Cover the y
ground half inch deep with tan bark. II could
not get tan ] would sasdust or leaves from the
WOODS. Straw or salt hoy, or rowen, viii do for q
mulch. There are four tnlngs that viii prevent you
from groviDg strsTbernes.
First. You 90 not prepare the ground we'll.
Second: You must have good v,nety Of plants.
Third Iou mutt not use any kind Of animal ma
nure, and nothing that will make the vines grow
iaDkly.
Fourth You must keep the ground clear, but you
not the boei hoeing destroys more straw
berry plants than ythbg ese Use your fingers and
the fork 10 get ont weeds and loosen toe soil.
In preparing for a bed the lme and salt mixture
freely. While growing sp.sads; ALSO solution
Of sulpbate OF 10 ash Ounces 10 pail fan
trait NJ aida in he aama
good substance also ~ app y ~ strawberries.
WV LAwToS-I think great deal Of Psabodys
new strawberry. 1t is prodgioos strong grover.
The at sta Is long and fruit stem short. / think
the flavor excellent. 1t has a peculiar aroma and
flavor. knoS many persons utterly condemn III
90 act.
Soil for Strax5erries.-SoLos RoBIssos-There
10 this fact ~ DO borne in mind Ia regard to good
soil for straw berries La any southern exposure,
where the soil is losDy and rcn n leaf mole, straw
berries can be successfully grown by simply digging
the ground deep before setting on. the plants, without
usine any MAI urisl substance whatever.
X. q. PARDEk- Hsb manning will fcrce runners
and leaves ana sucn plants val not bear frai, well
IL never iDjures plants to cut of runners Don't let
your varieties Of berries run together. Inc strongest
growers will drive on. the best bearers. The Harry
Scarlet sol ds out tunoers very strong. would set
board between varieties 10 prevent their running To-
getber. To truotify Hoveys seeding, would not 70,
quire stauinste psLts than thirty feet would
have bed ten feet squsre Of teammates to one OF IVo
feet Of pistllates.
Prot. MAPEs-An excellent thing for g stawberry.
bed IL tsIbark hquOr not strong. The reason that
Held stra sberries are higher favored n probably
because there tonic scd u be obtained by tbs
plauts in the fields than In the garden. good plan
Tor field culture is alternate beds and paths Prepare
the paths we'll in Spring, and let the runners sol On
them, and then turn under the old vines. Mulch Is
particular useful. A gentleman al DERBY, Conn,
covered his beds with slabs, edged to width of four
feet long and laid them down bark up with notches il
the edges through which the plants grew. The plants
grew well and produced well and kept clean. Alter
bearing the CROP ne hts the slabs and oOsens the soil
ard lays down the slabs again. Ii runners wanted
for lew plants, the slabs are taken avay.
Dir. PARDEE-I arranged 8 mound of earth With
clam shells all around, Htu sra wbeny plants between
them, watering at the top sJd letting il down. 1t
is ppoD the came priaciple as the slab theory, ana
makes very pretty orna nent and the crop Was very
large. April the best time TO set plants for Autumn.
Ooe who viii attend to it viii succeed best IN the sea-
son after frutng. can transplant plants all the
SOmmtT mocths
Prot. hAPEs-I find potash, phosphate, soda, al
excellent for straw berries.
Jadge MEIGs-I have found the broken bark OF the
wood pile al excellent dresiIg for strawberries.
Renorating Old Orckard..-Prof. MAPEs-There
OLD orchard my place that h.d ceased bear
ing, which fully renovated and aterwsrd cut down,
because canno, afford the shade. The land is too
valuable TO grow large trees upon. 1 can produce
fruit upon dwarfs more economically. All Oh
apple orchards deficient in lime, bu, the
lime must be properly prepared 70 be Of
will clear them of insects and fungi. sub soed tue
the old orchard which in grass and applied hme.
recommend ten bushels per acre, seved 10 csusnc
a,,, tha Ia ooiv aoluble in 0rR0