The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-04-18

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MAN berries do not know that
%&M there IL question OF sex
In the plants. This Is also
true Of many nurserymen,
ana scores OF growers are disappoint-
"a every year because the plants they
buy do not bear fruit.
The male plant In Strawberries n
what IN known IA the ataminats or bi.
sexual perfect Towering plant The
female plant is known as the plstillate.
ana unless II Is planted along with the
ol'sexual. or male plant. so that they
can be polienlzed they will yield no
fruit
IN the illustration 1t will be seen
that In the center OF the bLsexuaI
MOWERS the pistils are surrounded by
anthers, or bulb like protrusiona.
which are Allied with the fiower-like
substance called pollen, which ia car.
ried 70 other pIstils all over the patch,
and this fcrtillzes them and thus every
blossom becomes a berry. The illus
( tration shows that none OF those an
theirs appear on the pistillate flowers.
! We explain this matter fully so that
I every one may understand how neces-
sary IL - that one always should set
bisexual plants, and that where the
! pistillate varieties also are chosen
1 they should be so arranged that the
pollen OF the bi.sexuaIs will reach the
bloom OF the plstillate plants. In or.
der that complete pollenation may be
secured. we advise the setting of PTS
tillate varieties between rows OF BIZ
| sexuals OF the same season. Or, one
may set the plstillate varieties be-
tween bl.sexuals OF an earlier and a
/ later season.
/ In arranging the plants. II you desire
70 do so, you may set one row OF pis-
tiilates. or two rows. or as many as
three rows OF pistillates, between the
two rows Of btseKuals. as pollen wiz
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 II be under.
stood that strawberries win grow sue
cessfully under as great variety of
conditions as win potatoes or turnips
or cabbage. or any other OF the com.
monest sorts OF vegetables or grains.
In a word, your soil is just the kind
OF soil In which to grow strawberries
whether II be sand. sandy loan. clay
loan. clay, black prairie soil. or vol.
canlc ash.
The Soil Feeding Trough.
Indeed. the soil may be likened to
feeding trough. IL 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 10 do Is 20 SEQ that his
soil. whatever it's nature. is properly
supplied with the elements necessary
TO the feeding and growth OF the
| plants. Once we get this thought
clearly In mind the whole matter OF
crop production is slmplined. and each
grower may be confident that his soil
win do just az well as anybody else's
soil n II be In the proper condition for
Nho ndhtchohNo anu AnttAopmcul OF
plant life
Barnysrd manure is one OF the
strawberry growers most valuable
sanets Therefore. he should give
great attention 10 conserving this fer
tillty and seeing 10 II that II IL prop.
erly applied to the soil.
After tho manure Is spread comes
cha hraa hing mn ~ tha soil Ia aafna
this work be careful TO see that every
particle OF hard soil Is worked up and
into ne mellow a state az II Is pos
sible 10 got II. The depth TO which
one should pillow depends upon the ma
ture and formation OF the soil
Where the soil Ia deep one may 20
as deeply as eight inches, but in shall.
lower soils the depth should not ex.
coed from four to six inches.
For our present purpose We shall
consider the three soils most common
the world over. namely, those In which
clay predominates. those having
sandy nature. and the so-calied black
soil. In the mere matter OF furnishing
plant food to these soils the methods
We have referred to win do for all OF
them. but from the mechanical point
Of view the treatment wiz be quite
different
How 10 Treat Sandy Soils.
In the case of soils where the sandy
quality predominates the surface
should be rolled and thoroughly com-