Strawberries.
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BY S. D. COONROD, OF HAMLIN.
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BY S. D. COONROD, OF HAMLIN.
My first experience with strawberries dates from the setting I got from Horace Greeley in 1852 and were of three kinds, as follows: The Wilson, the Monitor and the Julunda, or Knox's 700. I gave them equal care and the Wilson gave good crops all the time; the Monitor soon dropped out and gave but little fruit and the Julunda did a little better but was not as good a grower and had not as good crops as the Wilson. I have tried all kinds but think the Wilson the best for all practical purposes.
The Crescent is a good berry and has to be fertilized to get a crop and then you lose their identity. The Cotton Jack is a good grower but don't do as well as the Wilson with me. The Monarch of the West is a good grower but are usually barren with me. The Cotton Shaker is a good grower and a very large berry and has a large core as all berries have that I know of, and so it is with all the best varities. <sic> In some way they all fall short of the Wilson with me.
As to quality the Julunda is the best in quality and is fair in size and light red in color. But for me the Wilson is the best for all purposes. As to mode of cultivation: Little ground should be used and well worked before the plants are set out. Then set them eighteen or twenty-four inches apart in rows and keep them free of grass and weeds and they will soon be thick enough. When they get too thick hoe out every other row and then let the runners re-set strip again.
In the fall when it has frozen a little give a covering of slough or prairie hay to keep them from winter-killing. Not straw, it will bring mice in the bed and they will do harm.
~ Audubon County Journal, 28 Jan 1897, Page 1, Column 2
The Crescent is a good berry and has to be fertilized to get a crop and then you lose their identity. The Cotton Jack is a good grower but don't do as well as the Wilson with me. The Monarch of the West is a good grower but are usually barren with me. The Cotton Shaker is a good grower and a very large berry and has a large core as all berries have that I know of, and so it is with all the best varities. <sic> In some way they all fall short of the Wilson with me.
As to quality the Julunda is the best in quality and is fair in size and light red in color. But for me the Wilson is the best for all purposes. As to mode of cultivation: Little ground should be used and well worked before the plants are set out. Then set them eighteen or twenty-four inches apart in rows and keep them free of grass and weeds and they will soon be thick enough. When they get too thick hoe out every other row and then let the runners re-set strip again.
In the fall when it has frozen a little give a covering of slough or prairie hay to keep them from winter-killing. Not straw, it will bring mice in the bed and they will do harm.
~ Audubon County Journal, 28 Jan 1897, Page 1, Column 2
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