Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-08-16
From the American Agriculturis
A New Strawberry Patch.

AS matter of course, every body who can
means to have straw berry ed of his own.
| Even If be can buy his berries In market
cheaper than he could raise them, Who would
not pi eter nice, fresh fruit Just plucked from
| his own vines, to the crushed, hali-fermenlc cd
/ masses brought long distance In baskets or
! boxes, or spooned out from tubs of question:
able neatness, which are so often offered for
sale at The corner grocery. They who eat
only the latter article, know little of the iich
| flavor and delicious aroma of straw berries
! fresh from The vines
This Is a healthy fruit, the doctors tell u.s.
when eaten III reasonable quantIties-remeln-
bering he old r'lle: gold in the mornIng
silver at noon, and lead at night" The doc
tors when honest, Tell US likewise, that straw
berries smothered in cream " are more ,ash-
Ionabe and palaiable thal healthy, and they
advise Us TO eat them fresh, and mixed with
nothipg but morning dew. Hear old Doctor
Abercromble This fruit is very nourlsbing
aud may be eaten safely by gouty aud rieu-
malIc persons. lis sub-acld juice has a cool
ing qualny, particularly acceptable in sum-
mer. Physicians concur IN placing IL lu their
small catalogue OF pleasant remedies. 1t dis
solves the iartarous lrcrustatious on The teeth
and promotes persplra.IOn. 1t gives relief In
cases OF stone, and Hoffman states that he has
known cOnsumptIve people cured by them"
Straw berry bed. Spring is, on some accounts,
the best season for starting new beds. The
| plants are then sprlnglng into vigorous
grow,h. the ground and the atmosphere are
moist, and the Eeat OF the sun is less intense
than III Idsunmer. BuI, on the other hand
if bed can be established IN August, it is
q lie sure TO luTpIsh a fair crop the first sea-
son aferN ard.
PREPARATION OF THE soIL.
Opinions differ as TO he kind of soil best
suited TO the straw berry. Some insist that
there Is no need of enrIchIug or deepening il
at all Probably those vino succeed under
such management have ground that Il natur-
ally deep and iertlle. here The soil Is light
and ,hIu, heavy mulchiug or frequent water
ing should be resorled to here 1t is natur-
/ ally sttoug and then is heavily manured with
iauh stable manure, The plants make a luXu-
rant growth OF leaves, 10 the loss ut fruit
+ Alter cous Cterable observation and eX peTIepce,
We are satisfied that those gardeners v no sue
ceed best III he long run trench ana enrich
/ theIr soils. A fayoIlte method Is th 3 Sup
pose bed Is 10 be made, sixteen feet long
aud tour aud half or five feet " ide. Begin
al one end, aud uncover Il piece OF ground
! five leet square, removing the top soA IN a
/ Theel barrow to the side of tE- further eud OF
/ the bed. Now, wheel III barrow load Of
old manure or compost, spread 1t over the
lower SPIT and spade 1t IN, mixing the same
I thoroughly. Then uncover another portion OF
/ Tie beu, five feet square, throwing the top
soil back upon The ground already manured
+ Iu1ch this s4coLd lower SPIT like the IL 81,
aud then cover 1t as before, proceeding
La ~, ,.I,L., !. ,,1,,,rl,I t1',,,,r
the last Ave feet square with the soil taken
from he bed at lhe beg .nnIng. The top iayer
y. Mill prQpdDlV need a lltlIp rDrIcuIuU lrtlat
.'' l N''
i'rN,I' 'I,' i'I i.c'.,il ',
~. s..,,I !, ,,I,raliy s,If u,,Ih ci,, .oa
.buuld he added +Ib,s havtn,. L,sn v,al
i,c,,,oraied rake tL ,rop, S,,,,..b d,.,,
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ioae VINO Cut'i'"ie on d IaI9e Sc'He VIII
>cI men VINES d"ooO O"o ''hu d man lcel apart
ID rows ana cuIlI'ate ine SFodad wan horse
,,i
bed. wiin alleys eighteen inches wide between
and pIcLln,r Those who want io rals,. tba]r
fruit with the least possible pains. and who
care less for the ouaiiIv lhan Inc uua,.,,y
Viii y low ILeIr vines 10 rum and rnyar he
he'd. Thev who care sonerbIn,, In. he re.,.
and o.derly look OF their ,rar,it.,,.. and h,
Naut lar,ra and handsome fruIt. wifi keen
her plau,s ~ Hills. or al least in re.rpiar
rows The ruuuer, musi fbelef,re he ctln-
ned several times dur,no the sur,,nar of
course. when plants are waited for .tariIn,r