The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-03
SUCCESS SMALL TRUCKER
MADE WITH STRAWBERRIES

count Of his eNporirhe" With straw
berries:
u am 10 scientific man, bur
know how 10 di9 ana Work. and thu
,rahs lnc 10 proaaee M" results.
For Fifteen gears has heen aroM
iny berries.
.ihp hr-l varieties that have
found TILL ,his section are III ~
ccIso., ana the klnndikes 'hraa
erow 10 perfection.
Compact, fiat woods land i the
best; il hos a soil lha holds tn
moisture in dry weather. Strawbe,-
rics can BE- raised on high pine land.
but not % successfully, for il Is sub
jerl to drouth.
could not this difficulty be over
come by Irrigation !?
Il have tried this method also, hui
70 not consider it as good a. depend
ing on the rains In most any mctl,
Cd OF irrigation there is danger "a
Getting too much water, which poi
sons the vines, CAUSING the loayei
/, moald ana the linoa to die
lhp best lime 10 piant Is il ,liins
or .luly, when The plants dle tl1n@.
ana full Of vigorous soat which ~
lonn4 runners usually throw ont at
this time Of the year ioiNg runner
that come out in the sprin. ant br
planted while the root, VIII tHli N
.igur and before they - INTO III
dormant state. After The dormallt
stage Is reached the plaut should Ii,
allowed - remain TIL t"l. Wlrn tn
earth begins 10 cool and tt,n it will
take on new life. with strong IA
,igorous roots ana / ready IT,
| trailSpEtNllll9
How soon vii yau ha3e rip hor
rios" Nae lhp nest question asked
Well. lha, i hard to fell. thr>
vary Il little; but by NoN ! ! Will u"
catherine few berries. lanlars,
February and March are the hes
month s, but February is The best Q.
all We pick berries from the SAM
!, ines between five and six months IN
the year.
Tho same plant will last TWO en-
three years, yielding Well. but whilfa
You may get the quantity, he Der
rirs reduce in size with the age o.
the vine | sci out new vines from
runners each year, for the eultNa-
ton is SO much easier; in that WAY
the grass can be kept down with
much less work
plants set as late as October vii
produce berries during the whit
months, but the quantity will hot ll5
near so great. as the Vine has -
had inc To produce il large hu hA
cluster capable OF a large yield. Hike
those set in June aud July.
While ! have been raising he
rits for the last fifteen wears, | halaH
only raised for the market about
twelve years. The most | ever male
upon one acre was $500 net
II sell all the berries | can rt5s
en- the home market They hrue
cents per quart. after paying /
commission for selling, Have Ship
ped Il few TO northern markets WitA
| varying results II is hard Ia -,
| berries to The north ia as fine ,7n-
dilion as | would like like 70 $50
them 20 10 thr market ripe. iro.
and crisp
Il know il is a paying business GA
tie home market There arr 10
enough berry growers, aud am
afraid there never will b.. So MANY
get discouraged when everything.
does not move along smoothly pro-
ducing a good crop. 1t takes ever
lasting perseverance to raise berries.
keeping up a constant cultivation I,
keep down the grass and weeds |
am going over my patch every twa
weeks. keeping the ground clean
The runners are allowed TO kee,,
spreading. until short time hefar,,
the plants are ready te fruit Tie
are then clipped off. This Is the WAY
plants are gotten for resetting TIL
successful grower must get his plants
ir this section. as the ones that are
shipped from the north are not ae-
olimated. and give a very poor Yield. |
Unless the weather is extremely dry
plants that have strong. now and
vigorous roots can be planted most
any time with the assurance Of !
growth.
PLANT City. Lakeland. l.awtey ard /
Starke are sections where 4 erea- |
many berries are raised. hut no ser !