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The Amateur's Small Fruit Garden
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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
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