Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-16

indigenous tc the country. Thew arc
raplo growing sorts aud fully acehmate5
Inc box elder, the cottonwood ard tha
white ash. The latter is most vsiuabts
SCI the young tree deeper than il yrsu
before taking up. Be- careful 20 keen the
roots from drying before setting opt. re
ordered from nursery, when thev ar
rive heel them in az once and uncover ne
wanted To set.
Evergreens, some of them. IN vel, ~
should do well in this valley. Thsv a.
the most beautiful trees that Datnre las
given US. Tue Norway spruce, the
Scotch pine, and the white pines are the
hardest and best They are ell hand
some trees. Plant them when one to
three feet high, Protect as much as
/ possible. Use boxes that are open A.
sides and top, which you can easily re.
move IN cloudy and humid weather.
/ Mnich about the roots well, TO protect in
/ winter and ia the dvouta Of late summer.
A windbrrak of decidnous trees on the
/ exposed sides say three or four rows a
/ rod or more away from the evergreens.
/ will protect them admirably.
/ strawberry Vines After They Have Borne
/ Their Fruit
/ Now that the strawberry crop has been
/ taken Off, the success of next year large
/ ~ depends on the treatment given the
vines from now until the winter oomts ON.
1 There are two modes of cultivation. the
first being the removal of all vines ez
/ cept one on space, which l. known ar
the "sinRle stool plan, and the other Is
the close mating of the vines in rows,
the rows being about one foot wide, with
the room between the rows for cuuva-
/ ton. The advocates of the close or
matted system claim that the dense
foliage resulting from number OF
plants growing very closely together is
protection in warm dry weather, serving
as mulch, and preventing the eEects of
late fr,sts in the spring and "scaldiuE"
of the berries later on, and that the cut
tivation of the spaors between the rows
is sufficient. This is true TO certain *.
tent bat It depends on the SOIL and the
season. The stool system ia that watch
alloSs but one plant on a space. the run
ners being kept off, and the plants given
ample room for gro 9TH By the stool
system eacn plant can be cultivated close
20 the main stem aud the fertilizer ap
Piled direct to the roots. Weeds can oe
kept down aud the life Of the plants tx
tended. The largest and best berries are
grown under the stool system, and the
crop is the more easily harvested in the
spring
The strawberry propagates Itself ~
two ways-by runners aud by seed. II
the runners DO kept from roofing, the
vine vii make an ttfors 20 reproduce it,
self from seed in the spring, aod snme
horticulturists have given "a their
opinion that if the vines be- not allowed to
throw out runners in the simmer, there
will be no loss of vitality by the old plants
and the matter intendrd 10 he converted
INTO runners will be stored in the plants
and converted into fruit when the proper
time arrives. The first thing to DO now
is 10 thoroughly clean between the rows.
and pull out the weeds between the plant
and destroy them. so AS 70 give the bed
the benefit of the hoe a much a. posi-
BILE. Moisture il always beneficial TO
strawberry pants and the ground should
be worked deep at first and then kept
loose on the surface until late in tho
fall when the vines may be mulched with
advantage. II is becoming q custom TO
burn the entirn bed over after the plants
die dosn and the leaves ara withered.
This 1t is claimed, will enable the plants
to begin anew in The spring, the old plant
being thereby invigorated, the ashes pro
viding potash and the seeds Of weeds de-
stroyed; but it i best to experiment with
only roy the first trial. MANURE may
be placed over the plants before winter
sets in TO remain ss a mulch until early
spring, when il should be worked into
tho soil and clean mulch substituted.
Ashes and ground bone make an excellent
fertilizer for a spring application
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