Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-23
GROWING THE STRAWBERRY


One OF the most satisfactory things
l did last yusr, says a writer in the
Country Gentlemen, was to plant bed
OF Strawberries, separate from the bed
set for fruiting, for growing the plants
which i have set this spring. When
cultirating bed OF strawberries for
fruiting the next year, want to keep
all toe runners from setting, after / get
the rows the right width. which is
about l6 inches, for producing the
finest fruit, and IL this is done there
are no plants to be spared from the bed
for transplanting. have always
thought 1T Injuries bed Of wberries
to dig plants from 1t, and with the
kind of culture | wish to give my
plants, il cannot we'll be done. Some
practice the plan OF letting few rows
of plants set all the runners which
grow. and then dig plants from these
for manipulating, but the objection l
have to this is that 1 want 10 set plants
in check.rows. and cultivate each way
with a horse until late in July, and to
allow any runners to set plants before
that time would interfere with horse
cultivation. 1 believe it to be much
better way to grow plants for trans
pldnbluR hs IOlluWSs b6IeCL u piab OF
ground whore the soil is rich, and for
growing plants for setting one acre.
would have the plat 20 feet wide and
100 feet long. This would make about
six rows Of plants three feet apart.
divide the plat in sections by setting
boards edgewise across ii. The boards
would keep the runners of the different
varieties apart. In these sections,
which would bv six rows, or about 20
feet wide, and Of the length desired, I
set the varieties which wish to propa-
gate-good strong plants, - inches
apart 10 the rows, and as the runners
grow, try to train them SO the whole
plat will be covered with plants thres
or four inches apart. The plants should
not be allowed to grow closer, If one is
to obtain strong plants for transplant
ing. They will need to be frequently
cultivated to keep them free of weeds,
and they should be sprayed several
times during the summer with Bor-
deaux mixture. This is the way to
grow what has been called pedigree
plants, and they are very much superior
to small PLANTS that grow in thick,
matted rows.
| dig w the whole bsd Of plants 70.
transplanting, but use only the Runner
plants. The old or original plants can
be told by their black roots. | select
ground which has been MANFRED very
heavily the previous year for growing
vegetables. pillow and harrow as early
in the spring as it can be worked.
usually In April, but early in May will
do and when the soil has been made
very mellow and finely pulverized, /
furrow it two and half feet apart and
nh Gil inn "a.
line across the burrows, and set the
plants by the line, SO they will be
oheck-rows two and half feet apart
each way. Some kind of concentrated
fertilizer is scattered along in the fur
rows, either before or after setting the
plants, which, becomes mixed with the
soil ny after cultivation. The fertilizer
is placed in this way just where the
runners will set plants. The plants
being 10 check-rows, they eau be Guilt
waited both ways by horse and Guilt
vator, until In July, when each plant
is allowed to set two runners over
the furrow in which the fertilizer was
placed, butsit is now leveled by cultiva-
ton. This will make a row Of plants
a little less than one foot apart in the
rows, and in the space between these
rows horse cultivation can be continued
until late In the fall. All the runners
must be cut of, except the two men
toned on each plant, and the bed must
be kept clear Of weeds This requires
considerable work. but high class fruit
is not grown without some work, and
know Of no other way by which it can
be more easily grown. Plants grown in
this way will need to be well mulched
early in the winter, as they are more
easily heaved out by frost than when
grown In wider, matted rows. prefer
this plan to hill culture - that is,
cutting off all the runners-for more
berries will be obtained, and nearly as
large ones; and IL one of the plants
should die, there Is not 30 large
vacancy between the plants. l also
prefer the large varieties for growing
in this way, such as the Glen Mary,
Brandywine, William Belt or Marshall.
There are some difficulties connected
with either the hill culture of straw.
berries, or the methodI have described,
and 1 only recommend ut to those who
can grow berries under the conditions
/ have mentioned. The inexperienced
amateur will be more likely to succeed
with varieties like the Splendid or
Edgar Queen, aud let them run 80 as
to make narrow matted row. For the
culture which Strawberries are generally
given, know of no better varieties
thpn the last named. Especially would
! recommend the Edgar Queen tsome-
times called the Enormously from my
experience with it; but it is pistillate
variety, and needs to be pollenizedlwit
some variety like the Splendid People
often ask me to name varieties of straw
berries whioh I would advise them to
plant, and can only tell them that SO
much depends on locality and the kind
of culture the GIANTS are given, that I
could mott safely do so. In general
way, if could give them high culture.
I should select such large kinds as the
William Belt or Nick Dinner; but for
ordinary culture, the splendid Haver-
land or Crescent will give better crops,
and then would not plant largely Of
any varsity until ! had tested it on my
soil.
Sold by the Sheriff.
Sheriff Mcdaniel Saturday sold the
property of Wilmer j. Ellison, admin
istrator Of Joseph A. Brinton, in Mill
Creek hundred, containing about 100
acres, to j., K. Smith, attorney, for
"a. 300: two properties of Jacob Pusey.