The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

n&u Ieeh apart. ana set the pAento eNctfo
or nfBeen Incnas apart IN the rows, press
the earth firmly about the plants, and
i If the weather is dry ana moi, a. 40
sometimes is in early spring, put about
| one pint of water about each one ofthem,
How large shall the bed be made?
| The method ] am proposing should
Yield at least one bushel offruitto every
square rod of ground Hence each
family can Judge for itself OF the area
of ground they need for this purpose.
After the plants are set there is a large
vacant space between the rows that may
be utilized for other quick growing
| crops that VIII pay for the cultivation
of the plants for the first season. Early
[ peas or beans of the dwarf varieties,
lettuce, radishes, early beets, carrots or
the Jersey Wakefield cabbage may be
raised between the rows Of plants with
ont damage to them, provided they are
taken off in due time, the ground cultl-
waited. and put in good condition Tor
the young plants rs they begin forming
inner Let the runners form a thick
green bed until they are a matted row
of say two feet wide. After this run
through with either the horse or the
hand ~cultivator, and destroy those IN
truding upon what is left for the path
or alley between the rows. The Wilson
will almost always attempt TO bear some
fruit the first season, but it viii be much
better for the growth of the plants, as
well as for the next seasons crop, II
the blossoms are all picked Oh, and no
fruit allowed to grow the first season.
Keep the plants free from weeds and
grass through the entire season, and at
Its close when the ground has frozen
sufficiently hard to bear, cover the
plants with some marsh hay, or straw
Is equally good, provided it is not filed
with foul seeds to annoy You the fo4I6w-
ing season. Put on cover suiicient TO
hide the leaves from view. Leave it In
the spring, until the ground is done
freezing nights and thawing day time.
1t NAV then be raked off the plants, and
left in the alleys or carried entirely
from the beds as may be preferred.
As the warm weather comes on the
plants viii load themselves with bios
SONS, and then with fruit. While the
fruit is growing the beds need plenty
of moisture. If nature does not supply
8 sufficient quantity, it is much better
TO do Ii bv artificial means than TO fail
ofhaving a nice crop after all the labor
that you have already done upon them.
1t Is much better to give them n
thorough watering, and then leave them
for a few DAYS, than to merely sprinkle
the plants every day.
After the crop Is taken of clean out
al the weeds and grass, and the old
plants that look feeble and exhausted
and give ground TO the young and thrifty
ones, and ron viii almost certainly Sc
cure another good crop the following
year.
Downer's Prolific is q hardy plant, a
fair bearer of moderate-sized early fruit,
and Of excellent quality. If ale wants
TO prol0ng the season, the Kentucky Is
the best thaf ] have tried for that pur-
pose. 1T is q fair bearer Of good-sized
berries, and they arB of good quality. /
Ike ii much better than the Glendale
for q Late berry. If one wishes for some
very large fruit, the Sharpless Is a fine
grower, and viii give onea few very
large berries. only moderate in quality.
Win me II is utterly worthless except
as inst mentioned. The farmer should
n0t bother with any Of the pistillate
kind. They have no advantages yer
the perfect-foWering varieties, and do
require some extra work and care to Sc
eara 4 erop. II viii not. as a rule. pay
the farmer 10 try to get more than two
crops from q single bed; in fact, it is
better to set q small oneeach year: then
he wiH be sure Of fruit II his old bed fails
&tter tile tirsf rear, as N sometimes viii
# il bears very heartily. NJ. Smith,
Brown Co, Wis.