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Title: Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches
Identifier: cyclopediaofam04bail (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954; Miller, Wilhelm, 1869-
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: New York (etc. ) The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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STRAWBERRY eceipts aie h\ no means the onlj ones frcm the lie tv^o jeais For nnnj \eirs past the wnter in the hdbit of plantius: other earh irjps be ' rows of Strawbeirtes after they aie stt For in the spring a plot of h% e i les is stt with MI k I / - \ h me m'jrket is the hesi h i\H it tlth u^-h It IS a well known f irt t Stiawbeilies aie citen m the neighl il are grown Along the Gulf coast Sti ripenmFebruar-v and consumpti m continues until 46°north I hence tl c necessity of a variety that 11 If we all 1 11 cooling houses for heme tor cars t ship the fruit m almost an\ \ â bear nioie or le s transportation but as m ha\e neitl er tie 1 ernes must be ; icked as soon ah before th f ilh ol 1 1 Pet re the writer had ! nii, h 1 t he the tl'>jr of a general packing house and then place 1 ice al ng upon the floor between the cases This did fairly well but not as well as the present cooling house which IS a very plain cheap huildmg 12 \ 14 ft and about 12 ft hi>,h The sides are covered with comni m sht tl ing i aj tr ai d 1 cai 1 with an air haral li f £ ui in hes The one corner, where a pipe as the ice melts, and carries it from the building. It has an open space of nearly 12 inches all around the building which lets the cold air pass below, where the fruit i ~- â of shelves, one above the other all around the room below. Upon the floor above the ice is placed, and on the shelves below are the cases of fruit. About 50° is the best temperature to keep the fruit if much lower than this, it is found that the fruit will not keep so long after being removed from the cooler. It is best not to throw fruit on the market, but to try to have it so good that it recommends it- self. Endeavor to have it engaged to the retail grocers in ad Then there is but one profit between the con- sumer and the grower. J. M. Smith. Strawberry Cul- ture in the South.- If any fruit is at home the Str^i STRAWBERRY 1739 nd tending planting and cultnation the enoimens possible from well selected soils prcierh tit ite( the fact that aside from being the hrst fiuit to ripen It seldom if e\ er fails to leward the pamstakm, grower with an arable ha f 1 attention bestow 1 While good le lit I 1 hadficn settii H runners almo t t year N 1 t f one can t 1 ut few mtt ^^^ i i 1 1 tl % usuilh 1 n 1 least u 1 In n e tl ns e 1 eciallv i the Gulf planti ngs ire frepientlj n ale fruil
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times it holds the pi; importance. the many things that commend the Straw- berry favorably to southern land-owners who would grow fruit for home use or for market parative freedom from disease and insect enemies the ease with which it adapts itself to different soil and varied conditions of climate; the small cost at 2423 Bomba Strawberry ire the following: its cor early fall J IS neither a diflicult expensive ; plants with earth adher- ing to the roots to nicely pre- pared soil near the old beds, l^rom good stands on newly prepared beds secured as early in the season as August 'September, and with a long fall â favor- 11)^ \iâ â lis pl:int growth and de- M-\ ) nil lit jf fruit-buds, the grower ni i\ le IS inably expect the following spring one-half to two-thirds of a crop Being a water-loving plant and a liberal feeder, especially during fruit- ing season the Strawberry plishes Its best work in a soil capa- ble of taking in the largest quantity of water and of holding during pro- tracted drought the greatest amount of moisture within easy reach of the plant This ideal Strawberry soil is ih natural size found in the rather compact deep clay loams over the well-drained clay subsoils so abundant in most of the South Atlantic and the Gulf states. As to fertilizers, much depends on the kind of soil and treatment. Where the cereals are benefited by the

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