Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-31
Fifty Years With Fruits and Gardens

one Of the oldest and most experienced
in Iowa).
stool out and occupy the ground A
walk must be kept between matted
rows. Many berries rot in the bed
every season. These produce multi
tudes of seedlings. These swamp the
patch. That's how your strawberries
run out" To preserve any kind, pro-
pagate from runners. These never run
out Some people are afraid OF bees
I would rather handle bees than mules.
One hive OF bees kept in your garden
will pay vastly more in pollenizing your
fruit blossoms alone than anything
else Honey the most exquisite and
delicious sweet distilled in Natures
labratory. can only be saved by the
bees. Tons waste every summer.
Winter Protection.
Mulch the walks between the rows
heavily, cover the plants lightly. Forest
leaves are the best for this. and should
be left on during the summer. Shade
the ground but not the plants. and dur
ing ripening- water, water. water. II
weather IL dry water every evening.
Enemies and Diseases.
Leaf rol. and saw ny are two pests.
Leaf roll is caused by worm nesting
eggs on the leaf where It matches and
devours the leaves. Both can be de-
stroyed by spraying. Rust attacks this
plant also. and the treatment IL tho
same as for the grape. All spraying
must be done early. An ounce Of pre-
vention is worth more than q ton Of
cure Where a strawberry Is ripe
enough to be good. It Is too ripe to
ship. The best way to save II IL TO
pick It and eat It. Pears and apples
will ripen after they are picked:
peaches, grapes, and small fruit will
not
Ns. Kinds.
New kinds come from seeds All new
kinds are seedlings. and about one In
a thousand Is promising enough to save
and these should be tested thoroughly
at least three years before disseminate
ing. am testing strawberry and rasp-
berry plants that paid 50 cents apiece
for originated strawberry few
years ago that like. from Bederwood
seed. I call IT the Home Bederwood.
The greatest disappointment have
met is in failing to get what ordered.
Commercial nursery men buy plants IN
large quantities. and disseminate them
without testing. In this way things
get mixed. now buy Of amateur
growers. which I find more satisfac-
tory. Wilson's Albany Seeding and
the Crescent Seeding were q long stride
toward the Perfect" strawberry in ap-
pearance. but they are both sour. There
Is as much difference in flavor Of
Strawberries as there II in apples.
Every fruit grower knows what ap-
pearances will do. While growing fruit
at 1ndianola. man said. you are like
everybody. you put the best outside"
said Eyes, a man that wouldn't would
be called fool" While talking, took
an empty box. turned It upside down
over the box Of berries, emptied 1t and
10 and behold! the berries were Just as
large in the bottom as they were on
top. beat him but he didn't know
how. had put layer Of large ones
on the bottom. had grown and pack
ed fruit for the Chicago market before
came to Iowa.
Summary.
Set the plant in April on clean ground
and keep free from weeds. II you want
to grow plants. pull OF the blossom and
let the runners grow. II you want 20
grow berries. pull of the runners and
let tho blossoms grow. Set plants
grown last sea son. The roots Of these
are yellow. while old plants have black
roots. Set stommate and pistilate In
alternate rows Get n fnicrosc0oA for