The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-19

should be kept clean of grass and weeds I'M
/ til frost. | was induced against my own
opinion by two strawberry growers, one a
nuraeryman, to let the grass grow in my
bed from July. 1t would meke the needed
mulch and not injure the berries any and a
portion OF my plants nearly all killed out,
some of NY plants were more hardy and q
portion of my bed remained clear of grass
and did very we'll. But on no consideration
would / try it again.
For the best satisfaction keep the runners
Off up TO July. Thea If the best kinds are
set, and then not closer than two feet in the
row, let the runners grow being careful to
train them to run along the row. At tnis
time it is important that the soil is kept
mellow that the young plants may take root
readily. Do not suffer the rows TO be over
a foot wide so that the berries can get plenty
of sunlight. Keep a space between the rows
clean of plants for path to PICK from.
This covered with tobacco stems will keep
down gr ass and weeds and retain moisture.
Not only this but tobacco stems are one #
the best fertilizers that can be applied to the
strawberry.
Another thing which too many growers
overlook is having well filed rows. This of
itself often brings disappointment to
anxious growers and should be remedied by
filling all vacancies as they occur with the
strongest young plants. These can be taken
Gp AIOln pluCcS W uSl lLCJ di0 LOO lulSAs LII
tor plants can get too thick even if they are
kept cut down to one foot wide. This fact
| am learning with the present crop where
my Gandys are thick the berries are COM
parasively small and where rather thin in
the row they are very large and well
colored. And right here let me urge the
grower e. grow Of the best. set of the
Monmouth for early the Bubachs for
medium and Gandy's for late, all set on the
same ground and received the same cultiva-
| tion. The Monmouths and Bubachs ripen
both the sixth OF this month May but the
Monmouths have quite a few berries and
these not large while the Bubachs are very
large and the plants will yield from twenty
to thirty berries. The Gandy's are two
weeks latter and will only average ten
berries to the plant but twenty of them W ill
fill quart while it will take sixty Of the
Bubachs. l am selling my crop at 20 cents
per gallon for my Moumouth's 30 cents for
Bubachs and 40 cents for my Gandy's. The
Gandys come in the 25th of May.
Another important point overlooked by
many that should not be, is an improper ar
| rangement of the varieties to have them to
bear their best If imperfect Towering va
rieties are planted whlcn are generally more
productive than perfect boomers, every
third or fourth row should be of some
strong perfect towering variety that
, blooms at the same time And of these
some produce more pollen than others
which would be better fertilizer. Too many
make the mistake of planting a great num-
| Der of rows of imperfect Towering kinds
partly because they know no better or be-
cause they think they will have more ber-
ries, to plant more of the imperfect bloom
ers-before adding the perfect Towering
| kinds to fertilze them, and also make the
| selection of varieties without regard to the
time of blossoming, for they must bloom at
the same time or else they will fertilize the
other non-fertilizer, for instance the Bubach
and the Candy, both fine kinds, but will not
| do to go together because the Bubach
| blooms something near two weeks before
| the Candy. As far as practical, both varie-
ties should be of the same size, shape aud
color SO that they can be put in the same
crates. Berries of different size, shape or
color make bad show in market.
I'VE think friend Baird would have better
results if we would let plants strike and
root from the first runners and then cut of
the latter ones. They would be stronger
plants and become better rooted before win
| ter.-ED