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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1913)
9 The Amateur's Small Fruit Garden men THE SEMI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE SECTION A SIX Y Ii A R STRAWBERRY BHD: No pirili-ii is too Miiiiill for a striiuliprr.v bod ami no product of the pirdi'ii will jrivt' nioiv ssit ist'iic t ion. Many amateurs do not realize that it is impossible to lmv berries in the market like those one ean laise at home. Ntrnwlierries should be picked with the dew on them, to be at their best. Furthermore, the berries that hae the tinest llavor will not stand shipment, and so aro nut j,tomi by the commercial strawberry man. It is quite possible to fruit a little lied in the garden for at least six years. A piece of land that has been cultivated for several years should be chosen, Item use Mid ground contains too many rubs and is not easj to work. It should be made fine and smooth and the plants should be set a foot apait, in rows two and a half feet apart. They may be planted from Match to .luue. The best plan is to mark the row with u line, then to scoop out a little hole lare enough to hold the roots when spread out. If the plant is held be tween the thuniji and second linger just below the lenes, it may be twirled rapidly, thereby opening up the roots If the season is at all dry, it is well to pour water on the roots Ix'fore an dirt is thrown in and then to fill the hole and pack the earth solidly around the plant, so solidly that if a leaf is pulled it will break oil" before the roots yield. As the plants como up, they should be allowed to grow together in the row, but must be religiously kept from spread ing to the sides. Likewise, the blossoms must be kept picked the first season, so that the plants may get well established. Cultivate for a few minutes once a week, to keep the bed free from weeds and to loosen the soil. After the first few weeks the hoe must bo kept very near tho surface; if it goes below two inches, it will be likely to injure the roots. Usually, there is not much need of cultivation after the first of September, until just before time for tho ground to freeze. It should then be thoroughly luosened and pulverized with tho hoe and covered with a mulch of hay, straw, leaves or cornstalks. Two inches is deep enough, the purpose being to prevent the plants being heaved out of tho ground by tho action of the frost. In the spring, the hay or straw may be raked between tho rows and nround tho plants in such a way as to keep tho berries from becoming covered with dirt. The third year the bed should be re newed by making the soil between tho rows very fine and starting new plants in tho middle of each row, from selected runners. The following year, the old bed may be plowed or dug up after it has produced what berries it will. It is impossible to givo any satisfac tory advice about varieties, for straw berries aro exceedingly whimsical. There is no garden in which some variety will not grow, and probably no garden in which every sort will grow. The best plan is to learn from an experienced grower in your section what kinds thrive there. It is also well to have an early mid a late anet in order to insure a lung season. In this connect inn. remem her that some nrictic aie impcrtei t and will not set fruit unless there is n perfect variety near to polleui.e them. Those marked in the catalogue Minimi ale are perfect or self fertilizing; those termed Pistillate must be gtouu with .1 perfect variety near lei. Of late years, there has been nun h interest shown in fall bearing straw bei ties, which makes it possible for one to have strawberries from his own garden practically all summer. These remarkable berries will sometimes fruit even up to December, in spite of frosts. Moreoei. spring-set plants will give a crop of ber ries the same season. Ordinarily, these strawberry plants give a scattering crop all through the season; but in order to lime a lot ot berries when berries are scatce, the (lowers should be picked tip lo the first of August. About four weeks later, then will Ih a full clop of fruit and , the plants will continue to bear until the end of the season. The berries aie huge and excellent in llavor. RASPBERRIES AND CUR LV RANTS: It is a very small garden indeed in which a place can not be found for a few raspberry and currant I bushes say, a dozen of each. Both are easy to grow and there is now an ever-bearing raspberry, so called, which may be depended upon to yield fruit for three months. And currants, unlike most small fruit, may be allowed to hang on the bushes a long time after they ripen. Tho red and the purple rnsplierries both should find a place in the home garden; while the former are unexcelled for the table, the purple varieties are superior for canning. The Black Caps may be grown, too, if theie is loom in plenty. Some people think they make the best pies. Itaspberry plants should be set out just as early as possible in the spring, and sharply cut back. The eer-bearing 1 variety will produce some fruit the first season. It is best to set raspberry plants about two feet apart in the home garden, with six feet between the rows, if double rows are planted. Hvery spring the shoots should be cut back ono-third, and after the fruiting season is over, the old wood should be cut out. Many new shoots will come up and a large propor- i tion of them are best removed. ' The fruit produced next season will I come on the canes grown this year and these canes will then die. That is tho reason for cutting out all the old wood each summer; and if done without de lay, any insects or fungi that the wood 1 may bo harboring can Ix? destroyed by burning. If more plants are needed, it is necessary only to dig up soino of the new shoots either in tho fall or spring. There will be no need of buying plants after tho first purchase. Blackberries may be treated in tho same manner as raspberries, but need more room. I Currants differ somewhat from rasp berries, bearing their fruit on tho same ! wood for several years. Nevertheless, all Continued on Page 16) Annual J9J3 W, 'ATi,r.E DuRPtE iV Co PHiifMitLriiiA Reduced Facsimile Front Cover of Our Silent Salesman BURPEE'S SEEDS Ti IAT GKOW" arc supplied each season direct to many more planters than are the seeds of any other brand. HUKPl.E'S SEEDS are known the world over asthe best it is possible to producet and are acknowledged the American Stand ard of Excellence. Progressive planters everywhere are satisfied with the Vegetables and Mowers resulting from Hurpee Quality Seeds, grown according to the clear infor mation freely given in the Uurpec Ieal1ets. 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