There are many varieties of strawberries. Below are a few choice varieties of compost growing of strawberries that gardener usually plant.
They can be planted in rows 18 inches apart, leaving a foot between the plants. The fruits, of course, are small and the propagation can be done by splitting up the clumps after fruiting has finished in the late autumn. Fifty plants are ample for a normal family. This is a strawberry which. will grow on a partially shaded border which has been enriched with plenty of fine old compost or, if preferred, sedge peat. It is possible to raise plants from seed or to buy them from nurserymen early in September. Pick off the first few flowers that appear and the plants will then. crop heavily from August to October, when the ordinary varieties are over.
About the third week of July it pays to mulch the ground with sedge peat so as to keep the heavy crop of berries off the ground. There seems to be no clearcut end to a truss of flowers which may continue to grow until it is about 20 inches long. The planting should be done in rows 2 feet apart, allowing 18 inches between the plants.
Hampshire Maid if deblossomed in May and June will produce fruits from July until November. The plant is compact, the trusses appear all round and the fruit is found at the edge of the foliage. The fruit is rounded-conical, firm and dark red. It is suitable for jam. It certainly is a very heavy cropper.
Red Alpine Improved is very similar to Baron Solemacher though claimed by some to have a better flavour. N.B. Neither of these varieties produces runners.
Some choice varieties for compost growing of strawberries are Cambridge Favorite. The Hartley Mauditt strain of this variety is outstanding. Captain A. W. S. Agar, V.C., who supplies this variety, sends the plants to growers on or about August 22nd. A very heavy cropper. Fruit very large, conical and salmon scarlet. The plants arc compact, the runners have strong crowns and make rapid growth. An excellent variety for ganwicks and cloches. Season second early; Cambridge Late Pine. A strong-growing variety which because it flowers late is very resistant to frost and mildew. Produces large, round, conical, crimson fruits of excellent sweet flavour. First class for bottling and canning. Season late; Cambridge Prizewinner. Plants are tall with spreading foliage. The berries are light scarlet in colour but they are nice and firm. The first fruits are large and conical, the later ones smaller and more rounded unless the plants are properly fed and mulched, when the size keeps up. Loves being given a little extra potash in the form of wood ashes. Season early.
They can be planted in rows 18 inches apart, leaving a foot between the plants. The fruits, of course, are small and the propagation can be done by splitting up the clumps after fruiting has finished in the late autumn. Fifty plants are ample for a normal family. This is a strawberry which. will grow on a partially shaded border which has been enriched with plenty of fine old compost or, if preferred, sedge peat. It is possible to raise plants from seed or to buy them from nurserymen early in September. Pick off the first few flowers that appear and the plants will then. crop heavily from August to October, when the ordinary varieties are over.
About the third week of July it pays to mulch the ground with sedge peat so as to keep the heavy crop of berries off the ground. There seems to be no clearcut end to a truss of flowers which may continue to grow until it is about 20 inches long. The planting should be done in rows 2 feet apart, allowing 18 inches between the plants.
Hampshire Maid if deblossomed in May and June will produce fruits from July until November. The plant is compact, the trusses appear all round and the fruit is found at the edge of the foliage. The fruit is rounded-conical, firm and dark red. It is suitable for jam. It certainly is a very heavy cropper.
Red Alpine Improved is very similar to Baron Solemacher though claimed by some to have a better flavour. N.B. Neither of these varieties produces runners.
Some choice varieties for compost growing of strawberries are Cambridge Favorite. The Hartley Mauditt strain of this variety is outstanding. Captain A. W. S. Agar, V.C., who supplies this variety, sends the plants to growers on or about August 22nd. A very heavy cropper. Fruit very large, conical and salmon scarlet. The plants arc compact, the runners have strong crowns and make rapid growth. An excellent variety for ganwicks and cloches. Season second early; Cambridge Late Pine. A strong-growing variety which because it flowers late is very resistant to frost and mildew. Produces large, round, conical, crimson fruits of excellent sweet flavour. First class for bottling and canning. Season late; Cambridge Prizewinner. Plants are tall with spreading foliage. The berries are light scarlet in colour but they are nice and firm. The first fruits are large and conical, the later ones smaller and more rounded unless the plants are properly fed and mulched, when the size keeps up. Loves being given a little extra potash in the form of wood ashes. Season early.
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