COLUMBIAN SUPPLEMENT.
Bloomsburg, Pa., Friday, February 18, 1887.
Raising Strawberries-
now to mci-AHE the ground von
CULTIVATION OK, THIS LUS
CIOUS FRUIT.
J. R. SMITH & CO.
LIMITED.
My first advice in regard to straw
berries is to Ret them out immediately
almost anywhere except upon land ho
recently in grass that tho sod is still
undecayed. " This course is Better than
not to havo tho f rnit at nil, or to wait
for it. A year without strawberries is
a lost year in one serious respect.
Whilo tbero is a wide difference be
tween what plants can do' under un
favorable conditions and WDatthoy can
bo made to do when their needs are
fully met, they will probably in any
event yield a fair supply of delicious
fruit Seouro this as soon as possible.
At tho samo time remember that a
plant of a good variety is a genius
capable of wonderful development.
Iu ordinary circumstances it is like the
"hiutc, inglorious poets" wboso en
forced limitations were larneotcd by
tho poet Gray ; but when its innate
powers and gifts are fully nourished it
expands into surprisinc proportions.
sends up hundreds of flowers, which 1
aro followed by ruby gems of fruit
whose exquisite flavor is only surpass
ed by its beauty. No such concentrat
ed ambrosia over graced tho feasts of
tho Olympian gods, for they wero re
stricted to tho humble Fragaria vesca, '
or Alpine species, in discovering the
New World, Columbus also discovered
the truo strawberry, and died without
Iniowledgo of this result of his achieve
ment. I can imagine the expression on tho
faces of those who buy tho "sour,
crude, half-ripo Wilsons," against which
tho poet Byrant inveighed so justly.
Tho market is Hooded with this fruit,
becauso it bears ttanrportation about
as well as would marbles. Yes, they
aro strawberries ; choke-pears aud
Seokels belong to tho samo species.
There is truth enough in my exagger
ation to warrant tho assertion that if
wo would enjoy tho possiblo straw
berry wo must raiso it ourselves, and
pick it when fully matured ready for
tablo and not for maikct. Then any
man's garden can furnish something
better than was found in Eden.
Having started a strawberry patch
without loss of time wherover it was
handiest, wo can now give our atten
tion to iho formation of an ideal bed.
In this instauco we must shun tho
shade of trees abovo and their roots
beneath. Tho land Bhould bo open to
the sky, and tho sun free to practice
his alchemy on tho fruit tho greater
partof tho day. Tho most favorable
soil is a sandy loam, verging toward
clay, and it should have been under
cultivation sufl'uieutly long to destroy
all roots of grass aud" perenuial weeds.
Put on tho lortilizer with a frco hand
If it is barn-yard manure, the rate of
sixty tons to the acre is not in excess.
A strawberry plant lias a largo appo-
tuo anu excellent, digestion, it pre-
lers decidedly manure from U'o cow
stablo, but that from the hore stable
answers very well, but it is not advis
able to incorporate it with the soil in
its raw, uufertnenttd state, and then
to plant immediately. The ground
can scarcely be too rioh for strawber
ries, but it easily can bo over healed
ami stimulated, in leriiiiziug ever
keep in mind tho two great requisites,
rao'i9ture and coolness. Manuro from
tho horse stable, therefore, is about
double in value as well as bulk if com
posted with leavorf, muck or sods and
allowed to decav before beintr used.
Next to enriching the soil tho most
important step is to deepen it. If a
plow is used, sink it to tho beam, run
it twice iu u furrow If a lilting subsoil-plow
can follows all tho better.
Strawberry roots havo been traced two
ftet below tho surface.
If the location of the plot docs not
admit the use of a plow let iho garden
er bogin at one side and trench tho
area to at least the depth of eighteen
inches, taking pains to mix tho sur
face, subsoil and fertil zr evenly and
thoroughly. A small plot thus treated
will yield as much as one three or four
times as large. Ono of the chief ad
vantages of thus deapening tho soil is
that the plants aro insured against
their worst enemy tho drought. How
often I havo seen beds in early Juno
languishing for inoisturo, tho fruit
trusses lying on tho ground, fainting
undor the burden, and tho berries ripen
ing prematurely into littlo more than
diminutivd collections of seeds! When
ground has been deepened, as I havo
said, tho drought must bo almost un
paralleled to resist tho development of
tho fruit. Even In tho most favorablo
seasons hard, shallqw anils fjivo but
a brief period of strawberries ; the
fruit ripens all at once, aud although
the first berries may bo of good size
tho later ones dwindle until they are
Boarcely larger than peas, 15o euro to
havo a deep, mellow soil beneath tho
plants Ji, '. Jloe, in Jfarjier's
JIagaxme.
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