The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-05-18
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Rev. eMr. Knox. of Pitlsburg Pa, prob.
bly, the most succ, ssful straw berry etdiurst
this country, says;
The soil prefer is clay OF limestone
subsoh "a ligltvayi this isth0soilJ have.
aud fihe fhesl siraS berries / have seen
were from soils OF this character la its
lreparstion change according 70 the vari.
oty plaut. aid the timo expect the plan.
tation to last. Some varieties haze to he
removed frequently. don't stir tho soil
so deeplye some OF my best sirawberries
had Only blowing from eight To ten inches
in depth, II | want a bed to List long, 7
stir the soil from fifteen TO twenty inches
and II necessary drain II. The soil 10
etirred With commonipow for two horses
and then Mapes' subsoil ploy DR. ,wn by
two yoke of oxen. In planting | mako
rows two aud half feet apait,Rl sc The
plaits ten inches in the rows. have made
anne changes which think valuable. n
plant strawberries alone, plant tlreo rows
eighteen inches apart; the throo rows
take three feet of ground; then have u
hill between thl paths two ieet, ogv
room TO cultivate and gather. 1 planted
four acres OF Concord grapcs IN rows eight
feet apart between the rows of grapcs, but
three rows OF Strawberries this left two
IN a half fiet bctweon the glapes aud the
strawberries. cultivate theso Strawberries
for plauts 90 as 30 keep them dist net. My
first crop from the ground is plants Tor sale
in summer, fall and spring The second
season gives u good crop Of berries, aud
few grapes The tllird year I havo a
crop of grapes, and tho Strawberries will
pay for all til the grapes bear. | Keep
down tho runuors to get the fruit in per
iection Of the best quality and largest SIZE
] pinch off the runners to throw all too
much from tho plant which iniutes the
fruit the next season. ! never stir The so,l
after May, and tho dhronS roots should no !
be bfokell; nse tbo hoe sparingly az pos
Bible, only to chop mp the weeds they are
mostly cultivated 10y hand. attach great
importance to mulch, and think II Inulch
was mDre tried ia the South they would bs |
more successful | mulch with straw pro- |
fer rye straw threshed by the tlail H. the
fall itprotects tho plants prevenls them
being thrown out 10y tho frost. In spring |
the straw is removed from tho Crowl.
OF the pl,ut and left till fall.
IN reference b. hlurke,ng--in New York |
get hity cehts a quart at wholesale, Make
proper selection OF varieties, handle care
fully, and bfirg into market in good CON
diiiop, aud there is lIttlc danger IN over.
stocking the market. IN regard to the only
objection raised against my method o. |
expe se), It g MT bow much outlay but |
viii pay and il il pays, the pie are
ready 20 adopt il. Il invest s. 0l on the
ncrs, and cultivate one, aud you $50 aud |
cultivate i've acres aud my acre produces
more than your five, have moro Profit. II |
u money brings one hundred per cent !
tue more money invest the better
quarts | sent thcm in about hall bnshcl
boSes, but they were 80 much bruised IN
selling out, they did not look uico They
are picked with caro- into the loxos. and |
they re not touched IN gently tmned into
the trap or basin cloan and Whole.