The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-07
STRAWBERRY CULTURE,

| Strawberries will flourish and give pro-
| ftable crops on almost any kind of SOIL
| if enriched by the application of good
| lot of well rotted barnyard manure, and
| plenty of water given at the fruiting sea-
| son.
| 1t is a mistake to suppose that straw
| berries require no more water after the
| fruit has all been picked; in fact, they re-
| quire good irrigation once a week after
| wards, until the rainy season sets in.
ously TO develop new crowns for the COM
ing season.; 1t is these new crowns
whence spring all the next seasons stalks.
1t will thus be observed that the better
care we take of our strawberry patches
this season, the larger will be the crop
next season.
plowed and narrowed well after the fer
tlizers have been added.
The rows for the plants can be about
four feet apart, or any. ordinary width to
suit the convenience of the grower. The
plants can be set from twelve TO eighteen
inches apart, according to the variety.
Crimson, Lady, Bomba,. and Candy,
should be about eighteen inches apart, be-
cause they are rapid growers and are very
large plants; but varieties such as the
Hood River, MitchelPs Early, ETC., should
be planted about twelve inches apart. Ii
Alpine strawberries are to be planted,
they should be set about four inches
apart.
II great amount of fruit is wanted, the
plants should be grown in the matted row
systeDl-that is, allow the runners to take
hold until the row is a solid mass of
plants about one foot wide. OF course a
great amount of fruit is produced by this
method, but it Is liable to be smaller than
when grown in the hill system-this latter
system is best when large berries are
wanted; the plants are set about eighteen
inches apart and all runners kept severe
ly pruned off, thus throwing all the en-
ergy and vitality into the berry.
If large berries are wanted mt for for. eX Sn
less, Mrs. Cleveland, Gillespie and Edgar
Queen should be, grown in hill culture,
and well fertilized.
| all-purpose berries. The Gillespie straw
| berry has been known to yield berries
over three and one-half inches in diameter
ot errcqmfsre9ee still Nth f us 1t t,rn is
| however. we would select other varieties
| again, the Gillespie seems to succeed well
| only in certain Localities. Some growers
| speak of it az being very productive
| while others speak very discouragingly OF
| its productiveness. With me, however, il
| is as productive as a strawberry of thai
| type should be. Were planting home
garden l would certainly invest in about
a dozen plants of this variety on account
| of their large size.
The great market berries of the Pacific
coast are as follows: Australian Crimson
| Hood River. Lallar, Triomphe De Gand
| Buhach No. s. Monarch of the West, anc
|
The Australian Crimson is an enormous
| " productive variety (eyerbearing il
| Southern California;, a brilliant, GLOSSY
crimson in color, and deliciously favored
the fruit is large, firm. and a most won
derful shipper; the plant is powerful
vigorous grower and is inclined to stoo
| out.
| The Hood River strawberry is one o.
| the very best early varieties. An Oregon
,Lrserynan best describes it as follows
| 1.-The Hood River strawberry took
| medal at the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
| ton; they are bi-sexual. large, firm flesh
| ed, PROLIFIC and uniform in sze; they car
| be shipped when they are white, and will
bear shipping to New York and will com,
out a beautiful scarlet crimson. lookinl
as though made of wax and dotted will
| golden seeds; the favor Is superb; the,
| are earlier than Mitchelrs Early"
! The Lallar strawberry is a variety o
! the greatest excellence; it is a tall, vigor
| Gus grower, with foliage tall enough t.
protect the blossoms from spring frost.
and rains. The berries are globe-shaped
| rich glowing crimson in color, and of
highly delicious flavor: it is splendit