Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-04-11

| IA Single Stem of the kellogg
Prize Variety" Pedigreed Plant
Which Has Produced at the Rate of
| $4,000 Quarts Per Acre.
2-PistilIate, or Female Blossoms.
3-Bi-sexuaI, or Male Blossoms.
patch of Pedigreed Plants Four
Months From Setting.
5-Good Example of Row Planting.
early Usage" Grown In New York.
6-lndiana Woman Raises $16O
Worth of Strawberries From one-haIf
Acre.
pacted SO that the plants may rest
in a firm and close fitting garment Of
earth. While it is true that the roots
OF plants must have air, it also is true
that they must not be given too much
air. and unless the loose, coarse sand or
sandy loan is compacted either by
rolling or floating, the roots will be
over supplied with air. However, roll
ing never is done if the soil is at all
wet To do so means the caking of the
surface, which is one of the things al
| ways to be avoided.
Just the reverse treatment is true
Of clay soil so far as compacting goes,
for it is the nature of clay to COM
pact itself, and instead, therefore, of
rolling the soil, we need to pulverize
it thoroughly before the plants are set
and stir it frequently while plants are
| growing in order that the process Of
decay of the vegetable matter in the
soil may be normally maintained.
| Therefore, cultivation should be deep
er in clay than in sandy Soils AS a
rule, cultivation should be at least
| four inches deep.
Having your soil in perfect condi-
| ton, the next essential for big red ber-
ries is perfectly developed plants. If
you have purchased plants of a high
| quality from reputable source, you
may with confidence go forward with
your work, and it is important that
| you make all the conditions comfort
able for the plants and as encouraging
to productiveness as it is possible to
do. One of the important things to
| this end is the removal of all buds and
blossoms from each plant during the
| first season of it's growth. When this
| is done all of the strength of the grow
ing plant goes into the development
Of massive roots and crown systems,
and upon these depend the quality and
character of the fruit yield. There
fore, be sure to check the plants ten
dency to fruit while it is yet young
by pinching off each fruiting stalk
One man will easily do this work on
one acre in half asday.
Then there is the necessity of re-
moving surplus runners. By surplus
runners we mean those young plants
that develop after you have formed
your system. II your system is the
single hedge row, then you will permit
two runner plants to grow and will
layer them directly In line with the
mother plant If you have adopted the
double-hedge-row system, you will al
low each mother plant to mature four
runner plants, and these runner plants
will be layered x fashion, the mother
plant forming the center of the X Or
if you desire to grow your plants by
the hill system, then you will allow no
runner plants whatever to form, but
the mother plant itself will be encour-
aged to develop great fruiting sys-
tenn The fewer runner plants the
more vigorous the mother plant will
be. of course, as the production of the
runner plants draws heavily upon the
physical resources of the mother plant
| Npw you have the ground thorough