The Raymer enterprise., 1913-04-10

In the plants This is also
true OF many nurserymen,
and scores OF growers are disappont.
Il every year because the plants they
buy do not bear fruit.
The male plant In strawberries ia
what Is known as the staminate or bi.
sexual. n perfect Towering plant The
female plant Is known as the pistillate.
ana unless 1t Is planted along with the
oisexual, or male plant, so that they
can be pollenized they will yield no
fruit.
In the Illustration 1t will be seen
that In the center OF the bi.sexual
flowers the pistils are surrounded by
anthers, or bulb like protrusions.
which are filled with the fower.like
substance called pollen. which is car.
rled to other plstlls all over the patch.
ana this iertillzes them and thus every
blossom becomes berry. The illus.
tration shows that none OF those an.
Tiers appear on the pistillate flowers.
We explain this matter fully SO that
every one may understand how neces.
sary 1t Is that one always should set
bi-sexual plants. and that where the
pistillate varieties also are chosen
they should be SO arranged that the
pollen OF the bi'seNuals will reach the
bloom OF the pistillate plants. In or.
der that complete pollenaton may be
secured, we advise the setting OF pls.
tillate varieties between rows OF bI.
Hexuals OF the same season. Or. one
may set the pistillate varieties be.
tween bisexuals OF an earlier and a
later season.
In arranging the plants, II you desire
to do so, you may set one row OF pis.
tiilates. or two rows. or as many as
three rows OF plstillates, between the
two rows OF bi.sexuals, as pollen will
be easily carried over several rows OF
plants. AS pistillate varieties fire.
Quently are the heaviest OF yielders.
Let us consider at the outset the
matter Of soil. and let IL be under.
stood that strawberries will grow sue.
cessfully under as great variety OF
conditions as will potatoes or turnips
or cabbage. or any other OF the com.
monest sorts OF vegetables or grains.
In word. your soil Is just the kind
OF soil In which to grow strawberries
whether 1t be sand, sandy loan, clay
loan, clay, black prairie soil. or vol.
canc ash.
The Soil Feeding Trough.
Indeed, the soil may be likened to a
feeding trough. 1t doesn't make any
difference whether you feed the hogs
from an oak trough or pine trough
the result would be identical In either
case. The soil is only medium
through which the plants receive their
food.
Therefore, the important thing for
the grower TO do Is to see that his
soil, whatever its nature, Is properly
supplied with the elements necessary
10 the feeding and growth OF the
plants, Once We get this thought
clearly In mind the whole matter OF
crop production Is simplihed, and each
grower may be confident that his soil
will do Just as well as anybody olse's
soil II It be In the proper condition for
the sustenance and development OF
plant life
Barnyard manure is one o, the
strawberry growers most valuable
assets. Therefore. he should give
great attention to conserving this fer.
tility and seeing TO II that It Is prop,
erly applied TO the soil
After the manure Is spread comes
the breaking up Of the soil. In doing
this work be careful TO see that every
particle OF hard soil Is worked up and
into as mellow state as II Is pos.
s!ble to get 1t. The depth to which
one should plow depends upon the ma.
ture and formation OF the soil.
Where the soil is deep one may 20
as deeply MS eight inches. but In shal.
lower soils the depth should not ex.
coed from four to six inches.
For our present purpose we shall
consider tho three soils most common
the world over. namely. those In which
clay predomlnates, those having a
sandy nature, and the so.called black
soil. In the mere matter OF furnishing
miami food IN thpsp aoila tho m,,hnl,
we have referred to will do for all OF
them. but from the mechanical point
Of view the treatment will be quite
different.
How TO Treat Sandy Soils.
In the case OF soils where the sandy
quality predominates the surface
should be rolled and thoroughly com.