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Title: Allen's book of berries for 1938
Identifier: allensbookofberr19alle_22 (find matches)
Year: 1938 (1930s)
Authors: Allen Co. (Salisbury, Md. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs
Publisher: Salisbury, Md. : Allen Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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get very thick and crowded. If a matted row sys- tem is used it is recommended that each plant set be allowed to make only a few runner plants, say from three to six new runners per plant. These can be spaced from eight to twelve inches apart and will produce very satisfactory results. 6. Planting distances. In small gardens where not much good ground is available, plants should be set in the hill system. Even where larger acreages are grown many growers are finding the hill system best. In this system plants are set in rows 2 ft. apart with the plants twelve to fifteen inches apart in the row. If a hedge-row or narrow matted row is to be used, the rows can be about 3 ft. apart. A slightly wider distance is used where a full, wide matted row is to be formed. Any distance is satis- factory if plants are kept well spaced. 7. The spring crop and second fall crop. Some Everbearing varieties make a much better spring bearer than others. Mastodon is one of the best. Champion is one of the poorest in this re- spect. The second fall crop will be better if plants are not allowed to produce the regular spring crop, but we do not believe it would be economical to remove the spring blossoms. It would be better to fertilize heavily and irrigate if possible to produce both crops and to make additional plantings for more fall berries. 8. Mulching. Experiments indicate that sum- mer mulching increases total yield little or none. However, by helping keep down weeds it reduces labor and by keeping berries clean and bright it increases the value of the fall crop. Mulching can be used much more effectively if grown in hills or in very thin rows. When used it should be applied about June 20th-July 1st, by which time most of the new runner plants, if any, will be started. From two or three tons of wheat straw, marsh grass, or other fine material should be used per acre. Mulch- ing for the spring crop has the same benefits as for regular spring varieties. See page 12. 9. Fertilizer practices for Everbearing varieties are similar to those for standard kinds, but as so much more is expected in a shorter time heavier and more frequent applications should be used. Fertilizer as recommended on page 10 should be used at planting time. Ground that is naturally fertile and has had a heavy application of barnyard manure or green manure cover crops plowed in, as well as additional applications of tankage or nitrate of soda made at intervals of about one month will help greatly to produce fall berries. Great care must be taken to see that fertilizer is applied when the foliage is thoroughly dry, and that any which lodges on the leaves is brushed off at once. 10. Ample moisture increases size and yield of Everbearing strawberries. It also increases the efficiency of fertilizer applied. It is important, therefore, to select land naturally springy or well filled with organic matter. Many good crops are produced without irrigation, but experience indi- cates that irrigation would increase both the yield and quality of berries even in years of normal rain- fall. Any method of getting the water applied would be satisfactory. 11. Yields of two or three quarts per plant are sometimes made but they are unusual. A yield of one quart per plant set is quite common but far above the average which is probably not over one half quart per each plant set. These yields refer to the crop produced the first summer and fall after the plants are set in the spring.
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