Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-08-15
AGRICULTURAL
.,S Am ORuIIARD.
..'..--'',,,ncrrlss-Garden ara" fie'"
culture.

IlNI all !
,v,,.hipg into consideration .n| ~, ,S
,aoutb If August is the b ST mou'h ~ 'u0
NC -, ..tting out strawberry pants
49, na, ve are to expect full crop next
~, ~, 'r s-o,o mia August's planting, nor AZ
r',,y rcxt june as though the p,auts
ss1 ,,,n set las. April. But last APP"
~" a,l nov ho whl plants during
81, '' ',.1, of August can obtain for bis
'.'' .oo1 strong growth this fall,
,nJ ,om half TO twoihirds oil " elop
.,y.,,arwithout injury 10 the succeeding
vbilo be who deftrs planting III
,.,u viii lose all of this season us
..,,h and will get no fruit next year
''iIaili have lust about as mnch en'l'-
'.,,,,.i IN do before he gets a crop 'he
.o,vas though his plants were set |
It Augnst. one c,reful working |
n',..r,l will lac all his plants need until
1., mare than pay for themselves ana
'r.n,, ,bor of working, by next eeason's
,.,.ortwo.thirds of crop. This mas
ar,r n. en- our practice in setting ont n p'a
,rnoraen use, and This is as lar as our
ac,aN experience gocs. We nave or
..,y.1 our neighhars deferrlng the plant
inr I'M spring and we were eating our
Anoust and scptemher's seltipg pe'ofe
,hs,r ,lant. had fairly begun to gro"
t.,,bepevt wear our bed produced as
much a. theirs.
r,opuI cannot easily be made too rich
a,,s,ravbrrrlcs. when hoy of fifteen,
,s,,,s strawberry culture became nj an
oo,.ron around our neiehholhood' We
qouna that the largest berries in the Held
low srourd old and deca5cd slnhl','
~, took tlie hint, and pnt large quanl'-
,t,sor snrface wood dirt, leaf mould ana
..,,,ct harm manure, where the pigs
ale their beds, into a bed in The
VI 49, I'd Pc, ont strawberry p'ants
-H'''"' ule Gsd. They we're the
Ian I'll ''''" 'pnhorhood 10 luXurlance
,%" ,.',.'s ' .,r, Of the gerry and the guam
.rno, fni, nrodncci oil s'nSl' ne"'
Wohayrcypcrimented WI ~',''y , ,,,.,r
variety Of strawberry introo. -, -,
the last thirty years, and have
.npcrior .n flavor or proluctlyen,
,hls wild variety, cultivated
Donot fear to make your grounl rich
A compost Of leaf mould, pest black
muck. stable manure, bone dust or meal,
with only enough wood ashes ana lime
,ot IN drive OIL the aAmonia, is just what
.trawberric. require, for their growth
sui highest perfection of irult. No
l1miy lifted above barbaIisin ought to
think of living without "A bed or border Of
strawberries for their own use. We
sp,at OF u border OF strawberries. 1t
/. both useful and ornamental. Scarcely
10 J.ck yard in any city is 80 small that
there Is not some ground in the rear
often with path through it. On ether
sds OF This path Spade deep IL not over
twelve inches wide, aud enrich with all
chs refuse OF the house and much
os th. nno nshcs OF Tho stove,
sat tar Z. ant ;~yiyn iuLhes apart au,
Keep clean aud mellow, aud two rows at
h...f,l h4ri,,,, aaot, t,y.ntv f.,.i
- .',.,,,, o"..r ,ian,s vii, arr,
many delicious repast FIR SINAI
flmAy. Gardens of larger s'2', Wit
wax, aud alicys, may &, bjrdhed in thi
wly, When economy 81 ground Is a.
'. sad al will say chow beautiful
We once bed d stone walk four feet wild
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