This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...fall, as I know the result will only be a.loss of both plants, labor, and temper. Fall planting is possible, but spring planting so superior, that I sometimes wonder any one ever attempts any other. Then the fact that the plants are only saved, when planted in the fall, by liberal waterings, is an objection. If a plant ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...fall, as I know the result will only be a.loss of both plants, labor, and temper. Fall planting is possible, but spring planting so superior, that I sometimes wonder any one ever attempts any other. Then the fact that the plants are only saved, when planted in the fall, by liberal waterings, is an objection. If a plant will not flourish of its own unaided strength, it had better die. It is a poor thing, not worth the keeping. In May, watering is not required." "Now," said Kate, "you have reached our case. Our plants are set out, and they look precisely like these. Long rows of plants just sending out runners." "Except, Kate," said Johnny, " that our rows are twice as thick." "Then you had better pull up every alternate row, so that there will be a space of six feet between them." "Will they ever cover such a wide space, Mr. Harker?" "No; you must leave a path in the middle, three feet wide and quite bare. This may seem extravagant of space; but, in my experience, the plants become so large, and hang over the path so much, that the pickers tread upon and destroy more berries than the space is worth. I began with narrow paths, only to extend them a little each year, till now they are, as you see, three feet wide." Just at this point a man appeared, leading a horse harnessed to a narrow stone roller. Behind came a couple of bronze-faced German women. "Now," said Mr. Harker to the children, "you can see the next operation. You will notice that the entire six feet of space is bare, and that the runners are crowded up against the plants. That was caused by the cultivator. As it passed over the ground, it swept the runners one side, and they clustered about the plants unharme...
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