Smyrna times., 1889-07-24
How to produce o,ooo Quarts
of Strawberries on one
Acre.
BY ALBERT II. CLARK

DON'T say the above cannot be
done, for what has been done, can be
done again, and you can do it as we'll
as anyone else. Don't you think it
would pay you better to put the
manure, time and labor on one acre,
that you usually do on five acres and
procure as many berries from the one as
you generally do from the five. 1t is
time the Fruit Growers of this country
were waking up to the fact that
choice berries are the only ones wanted
in the market. By following the plan
below large crops Of berries of the
largest size will be the result. Select
good corn land that is well drained.
spread broadcast IS two horse loads of
well rotted manure (if the manure is
coarse it should be spread the fall
previOus) and plOw in, then when
ready to plant put the land in fine con-
dition and lay rows of two and a-half
feet, and set plants one foot in the
row, which will take about 1900 pot
ted plants per acre. In Il few DAYS
after setting out, start your cultivator
and be sure to run it through them
once week during the season. Keep
all runners of this is very important
for no runners should be allowed to
take root for they exhaust the strength
Of the plant keep all weeds and grass
down with the hoe, for every weed and
blade Of grass takes 50 much strength
from the plant, keep well cultivated !,
and early in the fall ,about September
lst) apply 1000 pounds of pure ground
bone to the acre. Just before hard
freezing weather sets in mulch the
whole bed with coarse hay or straw.
In the spring the hay should be be
lightened up with pitchfork so as to
give the plant air, the mulch to remain
on until after the fruiting season, or
what would be better early in the sea-
son, remove the mulch, and work care
fully, but very shallow hoe out every
weed and then replace the mulch BY
following the above carefully, from
fifteen to twenty thousand quarts can
be grown on one acre, and far easier
than cultivating five acres for the same
amount. You must have a large pro-
ductive variety to accomplish this.
know of no better variety than
Bubach's No. or Haverland, with
Pearl, or B0mba rs a fertilizer. Pot
ted plants set in July or August will
do nearly or quite as well as those sci
in the spring. TO show YOU that such
crops have been made, quote a few
extracts from the Catalogue of Matthew
Crawford of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
A friend who planted a few rods il
his gardeQ aimed TO raise enough fol
home use, sold ninety dollars worth
in addition to supplying the family
The soil was heavy clay, and produced
at the rate of II, 800 quarts per acre.
A gentleman Of Mansfield, o., RAISED
IS bushels on a quarter of an acre.
Judge Miller, the we'll known Hor
ticuturist of Missouri, raised at tn,
rate of IT, 600 quarts per acre.
J. NJ. Smith, of Green Bay, Wis.
raised Ill bushels on measured quartz
of an acre.
A friend near Cleveland raised 2O
bushels on less than an acre.
The heaviest crop I ever saw wa
raised on muck that was always mois
from springs that issued from a banI
near by.
E. w. Durand, Of Irvington, N. J.
raised at the rate of 10000 quarts pc
acre.
P. NJ. Augur, has raised at the rat
of $4,000 quarts per acre.
Is not the above proof enough tina
under high culture the strawberry vii
p produce an immense crop?