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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: cyclopediaofamer04bail4 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 ed; Miller, Wilhelm, b. 1869, joint author
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: New York (etc. ) The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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STRAWBERRY STRAWBERRY 1739 These receipts are by no means the only ones from the land for the two years. For many years past the writer has been in the habit of plantinfj; other early crops be- tween the rows of Strawberries after they are set. For instance, in the spring a plot of iive acres is set with Strawberries. As soon as the Strawberries are set plant between the rows (which are two feet apart) a large lot of onion sets and lettuce. One may sow part of the laud with radish seed and another part with cabbage seed for late cabbage, and thus fill the ground with quick-growing plants that will be off before the runners need the ground. Marketing. —A. home market is the best if one can have it, although it is a well-known fact that but few Strawberries are eaten in the neighborhood where they are grown. Along the Gulf coast, Strawberries begin to ripen in February and are at once shipped north, and the consumption continues until 46°north latitude is reached; hence the necessity of a variety that will bear shipping. If we all had cooling-houses for berries, and refrigera- tor cars to ship the fruit in, almost any variety would bear more or less transportation; but as most growers have neither, the berries must be picked as soon as colored, and some vai'ieties before they are fully colored. Before the writer had a cool- ing-house, he placed the cases in rows on the floor of a general packing house, and then placed ice along upon the Hoor betw^een the cases. This did fairly well, but not as well as the present cooling-house, which is a very plain cheap building 12 x 14 ft. and about 12 ft. high. The sides are covered with common sheatliing paper and boards, with an air chamber of four inches. The floor overhead is covered with zinc to pre- vent its leaking, and is a little sloping to one corner, where a pipe catches the water as the ice melts, and carries it from the building. It has an open space of nearly 12 inches all around the building lets the cold air pass below, where the fruit is. There are six tiers 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 advance. Then there is but one profit between the con- sumer and the grower. J. M. Sjiith. Strawberry Cul- ture in the South.— If any'fruit is at home in the South it is surely the Strawberry, ft heads the list of small fruits, and, admitting as competitors tree and vine fruits, it easily holds the place of first importance. Among the many things that commend the Straw- b e,r r y favorably to southern land - owners who would grow fruit for home use or for market are the following: its com- parative freedom from disease and insect enemies; the ease with which it adapts itself to different soils and varied conditions of climate; the small cost at- tending planting and cultivation; the enormous yields possible from well-selected soils properly treated*; and the fact that, aside from being the first frnit to ripen, it seldom, if ever, fails to reward the painstaking grower with an ample har- vest to cover all cost for attention bestowed. While good results are had from settings made at almost any time of the J^S^^'* k'^"^^ year, November and Feb- " "^ ruary are the months dur- ing which plantings may usually be ma^le with the least risk. In some sec- tions, especially near the Gulf, plantings are frequently made during rainy spells in late summer and
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2423. Bomba Strawberry. Nearly natural size, 2424. Belmont Strawberry, Naturiil size. early fall At such times it is neither a difficult nor a very expensive process to shift plants with earth adher- ing to the roots to nicely pre- pared soil near the old beds. From good stands on newly prepared beds secured as early in the season as Aiigust September, and with a long fall and mild spells during winter favor- ing vigorous plant growth and de- velopment of fruit-buds, the grower may reasonably expect tlae 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 accom- 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 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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