Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-04-04
Have You a Strawberry Bed?

This question II put to,eyery reader VINO
has the land, and especially to eve y farm
or; who having the land. is very apt not to
have straw berries Without taking space
10 ihduire why n the farmer, who of all
others should have an abundance, so gen.
orally has no strawberries, We put in our
plea for his family, and insist that h shall
provide them with this excellent fruit--not
only a few as a luxury, but an abundance.
There is lust one time to make straw
berry bed, and that time is Nowl Under
any circumstance q strawberry plant must
grow season before it will give crop,
there is no way in which plans may be set
this spring and give fruit the same season:
buy them. Much that has been said about
strawb berry culture has conveyed the i'm
preston that it is q great deal of trouble,
that runners have to be cut off and much
care given otherwise, while in fact 1t is no
more trouble to raise strawberri s, than it
ia TO grow carrots. But the cost Is very
! little-nothing compared with the results
| in fruit. One can begin as small as he
peases, if he can not afford the outlay for
7 a large bed, let him buy enough for a start
and raise his own plants. 1t makes no dit
ference where the farmer may be, if he
gets the American Agricuturst,, he can
have straw berry plants-the mail brings
both; A dozen, or a hundred plants come
by mail, and when one has even but doz-
en- plants, his strawberry future is provided
for. Z. 1t is the first step W ich costs" is o
proverb. In this case lit is the first step
which tells" While we have in view es-
pecislly the family comfort, it may be we'll
to consider that 10 most localities enough
berries can be sold from the frat crop to
pay for the whole outlay don't sell
and let the family go without but have
enough for both demands.
| How many shall plant2" will be one
of the first questions to decide. An ordin-
ary family shou have at least 200 plants,
and, generally AGO will not b. found too
| many 1t the fruit is u, ed freely. 1t is bet
| ter to provide for an abundance,
What kind2--If restricted to one kind,
we have no hesitation in saying Charley
Downing. If there are successful straw
berry growers in the vicinity, find what
| does best with them and plant the same
\ kind But we do not advise planting all
of one kind. If 400 plants are set there
may safely be four kinds. Charles Down
ing monarch of the west, champion, and
1 sharpless, would be good selection, but
it may be varied and not. go amits.
How to Plant.-Select good bit of soil
! all the better II it WASH potatoes last year,
and prepare it just AZ you would for q good
crop of cabbages; this means an abun dance
of the best manure we'll worked in. Mark
out the rows two feet apart three if q cul.
\ tivator is to be used, and set the plants one
foot apart in the row, using trowel to open
the ground, and when the plant is put in,
/ crowd the soil down firmly over the roots
\ with both hands. Thereafter run the Gull
tiSator, hoe, or rake, often enough tc
make the soil mellow and keep down the
A Weeds The plants by and by throw ouI
runners, turn them into the row and lei
them take root For the after treatment o.
the bed, consult ''Notes about work. al
the proper season. q rsr..T M q adj
Raising Plants.-If it is preferred TO buy
few plants to start with and raise q stool
to put out next year, set these two fee