Excerpt from Lovett's Catalog, 1914: Thirty-Sixth Annual Edition

For hill culture, in the family garden, set in rows two feet apart and the plants a foot apart in the rows (cutting ofl' all runners as they appear). For field culture, to be cultivated with a horse and hoe-harrow, the plants to be permitted to form matted rows, plant in rows three feet apart with the plants one foot apart in the rows (requiring plants per acre).

When the plants arrive, take them from the package and place the roots in the soil with tops level with the surface; or loosen them up in the package and place the package and plants in a cool, moist place, until they can be planted. Do not pour water upon them and leave them in the package, as this will cause them to decay quickly. Before planting, shorten the roots one third, as shown in the aecom panying illustration (as this causes them to emit a profusion of new fibers at once when planted), and in planting take but few plants from the trench, or package, at a time and expose the plants to wind and sun for as short a period as you conveniently can while planting. Place the plants only as deeply in the soil as they stood. Before they were dug, and be sure to press the earth firmly about the roots. Plant early for best results - failures are almost always due to late planting. It aids success in planting to place the plants in a bucket partly filled with wate', and to drop them from it as they are being planted especially if the soil is dry at the time or the planting is being done upon a windy day. Should the weather be warm, it is well to shade valuable plants with a handful of coarse litter, or a quart berry basket (old stained ones are as good as any for the purpose), over each plant for a few days. The after culture consists in keeping the soil mellow and free of weeds by frequent cultivating and hoeing.

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