The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-11

Strawberries are within the reach of
every one who has few square rods
Of soil that will grow good corn, pota-
toes or vegetables. .
They are sometimes referred to as
the poor man IS berry-signifying that
they are profitable berry for anyone
with a limited capital to grow, and as
they bring such quick returns, are very
good in that respect.
The old saying "That which is worth
doing at all is worth doing well,' APP
plies to- growing strawberries very for
chilly. = j..
Set young, vigorous plants. In or
der to have the best success, one must
start right by first getting good, strong,
one-year-old plants from propagating
bed set the year previous, as it is nee
essary to set a new propagating bed
every year and keep them restricted in
order to keep the plants from becom-
ing exhausted or run out, as they soon
would be if taken from old fruiting
beds. - e s.. .~...
Right here is where many fail, as
they think that any strawberry plants
that will grow will do to set: -,
Plants from old onrt fruitbing beds Will
be large per cent of "cripples,' or
gnarly berries, showing lack OF polleni-
cation. This is the class of berries that
perfectly developed and uniform in
shape to command the best price when
grown for sale, and make a more tempt
ing berry for the table. ~. g.. =.
Many people think that the largest
berries are not as sweet and finely TIA
vored as the smaller berries, but this
is not true with most berries that are
grown on high land without irrigation.
1t is true that some of the berries
shipped in, which are large and look
nice, are pithy and tough and lack fla
| vor, as they were either grown on irri-
gated land or picked green and shipped
| and these are what have given the
| wrong idea of large berries. =.
The Brandywine. strawberry is a large
! berry, many specimens measuring six
inches in circumference, and every one
who has tasted them pronounces them
delicious. They have much the same
| flavor as the wild berry and are solo
meated and red to the center, and are
| also considered one of the finest can
Ming and shipping berries ; grown tHg1l gu gu
prize at the Minnesota Horticulture
, y>4iety five or six years in succession
or yvery year shown, and have sold al
high as 10 cents quart, or 1882 pc:
twenty -four-quart crate, wholesale
which, in turn, were retailed at 20 t.
% cents a quart, while other berrie
were offered in the same store at iron
8 to IL cents quart.
If large berries are not as good a
small ones, these large fancy berrie
would not be in such great demand.
1t is just as easy to grow large be1
ries as the smaller ones, and require
. no more work. and it is much more o
a pleasure to pick and eat them.
Setting Strawberries. - Strawberrie
succeed best when set in the spring
! 1o, |, rhp0a fN h6
come established and send out youn
runners which readily take root an
| also become established and form frui
! buds before fall, when they are read
for bearing the following spring. w
: never allow our strawberries to bea
the first year, as they need all thel
: strength to produce strong, health
). plants, altho they will bear if blo
;, SONS are not .pinched off.
: If strawberries were recommended
t be allowed to bear the same season the
e are set perhaps more people would gro
9 them, as most people dislike to wait
! whole year for crop. However, tt
9 sooner patch is planted the sooner tt
9 home strawberry patch will materializ
s and when once started a new bed ca
y be set each spring and there is alwa,
e a new bed coming in and an old bed
Planting. -Strawberries can be plan
q ed in small way in narrow rows fro
e two to three feet apart and from OF
to two feet apart in the row and work'
with a hoe.
In large way plants are set in chez
e rows and cultivated both ways the fir
/ part Of the season then just lengthwi
or north and south, until it freezes Il
II when they are covered with any coar
r litter such as straw, marsh hay or cor
8, stalks.
z After plants are covered there is
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