The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
February Berry Bulletin.

Plan the berry garden as carefully as
you would any farm building. Start
right, and you save time in prcpar-
ing the soil, in setting the plants, in cul-
tvation and in all the details of the
work.
Make complete drawing or plan of
the new garden and work to this plan
III regular systematic way. Take a
piece OF heavy paper or clean smooth
board and draw ten straight lines, one
inch apart and twenty-five inches long
Ihese lines to represent ten rows of
plants seven feet apart. Now draw
cross lines one-half inch apart the entire
length Of plat. making just fifty cross
lines. The intersection of each cross
line with the long lines represents the
exact point where plants should be set.
This requires just fifty plants to the
row, the plants 31M apart in the row.
and rows 175 feet long.
Set strawberry plants just half this
distance each way, twenty-One inches
apart i'll the row and rows 3h feet apart.
Make a selection of the varieties YOU
want, the number of each variety and
the rows they are to occupy. Write name
OF berry and number of plants on the
line selected. This plan requires one
quarter acre of ground and will furnish
a liberal supply of berries throughout
the season for large family. Every
farmer should have such a garden.
Long straight rows are easily and
closely cultivated by horse or hand cul-
tlvator. Fifty plants to the row may be
purchased at 100 rates, thus saving in
price of plants. Uniform and exact SET
ting adds o>beauty of garden and inter-
est to grower The varieties to be Sc
lectcd depend much on soil, location.
manner of cultivation, taste of grower
and other surroundings. Select varieties
known to do we'll in your locality if
tested there. otherwise standard yarie-
ties that have done we'll over large ex-
tent of country. Order direct from re-
slpnsible growers, thus being sure of
good plants at moderate prices High
priced novelties are generally disap-
pointing
The following varieties are recon-
me1ded as doing we'll in most localities.
The kinds and number for each row,
will give you early and late varieties,
coming in succession during the season:
First row. 50 Blackberries-25 Briton, p
Snyder.
Second row. 80 Black Raspberries-25 Ohio
or Older. d Nemaha or Gregg
Third row. 80 RaspberresD25 Palmer. p
Shafer tpurple).
Fourth row. 80 Red Kaspberries-2J Mari
boro % Cuthbert.
Fifth row, 80 Currants-25 Red Dutch. 81
Victoria.
Sixth row. 25 White Grape Currants, %
GSoseberries-D and Houghton
Seventh row. 100 Warfield Strawberries
Seventh and one-half row, 100 Michcls
Early Strawberries.
Eighth row, 100 Haverland Strawberries
Eighth and one half-row 100 Bederuood
Strawberries.
Ninth row. 100 Crescent Strawberries
Niuth and one-half row, loo Parker Earl
OF Candy Strawberries
Tenth row. - Grapes-Mores Early Wor.
den, Delaware. Brighton and Concord
AS soon as ground is free from frost
prepare it thoroughly. Extra care in
preparing ground is essential.
Stake off the rows and set plants, by
line. following the plan exactly. You
VIII then have plants true to name. and
on your plat a complete record for flu
turc reference
w. \. Thaycr. Sparta. Wis.