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at prcfcnt to be found in the gardens under tl\c fpc- 

 cics to which dicy naturally belong. 

 The firft Ibrt is the common Wood Strawberry, which 

 grows naturally in the woods in many parts ot Eng- 

 land, and is fo well known as to need no defcription j 

 of this there are three varieties, i. The common fort 

 with red fruit. 2. The white Wood Strawberry, which 

 ripens a little later in the feafon, and is by many per- 

 fons preferred to it for its quick flavour, but as icfel- 

 dom pt^oduccs fo large crops of fruit as the red fort, 

 it is not very generally cultivated. 3. The green 

 Strawberr}', by fome called the Pine Apple Straw- 

 berry, from its rich flavour. The fruit of this is 

 grcenifh when ripe ; it is very firm, and hath a very 

 high flavour j this is a late ripe fruit, but unlefs it is 

 planted in a moift loamy foil, it is a very bad bearer •, 

 but in fuch land where it does fucceed, it merits cul- 

 tivation as much as any of the forts. - 

 The Scarlet Strawberry is the fort which is firft ripe, 

 for which reafon it merits efteem, had it nothing elfe 

 to recom.mend it j but the fruit is fo good, as by 

 many perfons of good tafte to be preferred to moft 

 other forts. This was brought from Virginia, where 

 it grows naturally in the woods, and is fo different 

 from the Wood Strawberry in leaf, flower, and fruit, 

 that there need be no doubt of their being diftindt 



fpecies. 



There is a variety of this which hath been of late 

 years introduced from the northern parts of America, 

 which has the appearance of a diftinft fpecies. ^ The 

 leaves of this are rounder, and not fo deeply veined ; 

 the crenatures on their edges are broader and more 

 obtufe. The leaves which compofe the empalement 

 are much longer, and are hairy, and the fruit is 

 larger ; but as in other refpefts it approaches near 

 to the Scarlet Strawberry, I have chofen to join 

 it to that, rather than make a diftinft fpecies of 

 it; this I have been informed grows naturally in 

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There has alfo been another variety of this (if not 

 a diftin£t fpecies) lately introduced to our gardens, 

 which is commonly known by the title of Alpine 

 Strawberry j the plants of this greatly refemble thofe 

 of the Scarlet Strawberry, but the fruit is more 

 pointed; it is a well flavoured fruit, and continues 

 bearing from the common feafon of Strawberries, 

 until the froft in autumn puts a ftop to it, which 

 renders the fort very valuable : I have frequently 

 gathered the fruit in the beginning of November ; 

 this has occafioned the Dutch gardeners titling it 



Everlafliing Strawbeny. 



The Hautboy Strawberry, which the French call Ca- 

 pitons, came originally from America, but it has 

 been long cultivated in the Englifli gardens, and is 

 very diflferent from the other forts in leaf, flower, 

 and fruit, as that no one can doubt of their being 

 different fpecies ; there is an improvement of this 

 fort, which is commonly called the Globe Hautboy. 

 The fruit of this is larger, and of a globular form, 

 but this diff'erence has certainly arifen from culture ; 

 for v/here thefe have been neglefted a year or two, 

 they have degenerated to the common Hautboy again ; 

 where the ground is proper for 'this plant, and their 

 culture is well managed, the plants will produce 

 great plenty of fruit, which will be large, and well 

 flavoured, and by fome perfons are preferred to all 

 the other forts. 



I'he Chili Strawberry was brought to Europe by 

 Monf. Frazier, an engineer, who was fent to Ame- 

 rica by the late king of France, and was firfl planted 

 in the Royal Garden at Paris, from whence it was 

 communicated to feveral curious perfons in Holland, 

 and in the year 1727, I brought a parcel of the 

 lants to England, which were communicated to me 

 y Mr. George Clifford, of Amflerdam, who had 

 large beds of this fort growing in his curious gardens 

 at Hartecamp. The leaves of this fort are hairy, oval, 

 and of a much thicker fubflrance than any fort yet 

 known, and ftand upon very fl:rong hairy foot-ftalks ; 

 the runners from the plants are very large, hairy, and 



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extend to a great length, putting out plants at feveral 

 diftances. The foot-ilalks which fuilain the fio 

 are very fl:rong ; the leaves of the empalement arc 

 long and hairy. The flowers are large, and are ofttn 

 deformed j and fo is the fruit, which is very larc?e 

 and w^hen cultivated in very ftrong land, the plants 

 produce plenty of fruit, which is firm, and very well 

 flavoured •, but as it is a bad bearer in moft places 

 where it has been cultivated, it has generally been 

 negle6led. - 



The Strawberries in general love a gentle hazellv 

 loam, in which they will thrive and'' bear greater 

 plenty of fruit than in a light rich foil. The ground 

 ftiould alfo be moift, for if it is very dry, all the 

 watering which is given to the plants in w^rm dry 

 feafons, will not be fufficient to procure plenty of 

 fruit ; nor fliould the ground be much dunged, for 

 that will caufe the plants to run into fuckers, and 

 grow luxuriant, and render them lefs fruiuul. 

 The beft time to remove thefe plants is in Ocrober 

 that they may get new roots before the hard froft 

 fets in, which loofens the' ground; fo that if the roots 

 of the plants are not pretty well eftabliihed in the 

 ground, the plants are frequently turned out of the 

 ground by the firft thaw ; therefore the fooner they 



'- are planted when the autumnal rains begin, the bet- 

 ter will their roots be eftabliihed, fo there wilk be ' 

 lefs danger of their mifcarrying, and fometimes thofe 

 which are well rooted, will produce a few fruit the 

 firft year ; there are fome who tranfplant their platits 

 in the fpring -, but where that is d©ne, they muft be 



■ duly fupplied with water in the dry weather, other- 



'' wife they will not fucceed. ' 



The ground in which thefe are planted Ihould be 

 thoroughly cleaned from the roots of Couch, and all 



. other bad weeds ; for as the Strawberry plants arc to 

 remain three years before they are taken up, foif any . 

 of the roots of thofe bad weeds are left in the ground, 

 they will have time to multiply fo greatly as to fill 

 the ground, and overbear the Strawberry plants. The 

 ground fhould alfo be well trenched and made level; 

 then the ufual method Js to lay it out into beds of ' 

 four feet broad, with paths two feet or two feet and 

 a half broad between each -, thefe paths are neceflary 

 for the conveniente of gathering the fruit, and for 

 weeding and dreflTing of the beds, and alfo fqf wa- 

 tering the plants; after the beds are marked out,: 

 there Ihould be four lines drawn in each, at a foot 

 diftance, which will leave fix inches Ipace on each 

 fide, between the outfide rows and the paths ; then 

 the plants fliould be planted at about a foot diftance 

 from each other in the rows, in a quincunx 6rd<?r, 

 being careful to clofe the ground to the roots of the . 

 plants when they are planted ; and if there ftiould not 

 happen rain foo'n after, the plants Ihould be well wa- 

 tered to fettle the earth to their roots. 

 The diftance here mentioned for the plants to be 

 placed muft be underftood for the Wood Strawberries 



• only, for as the other forts grow much larger, "their 

 diftances muft be proportioned to their feveral growths ; 

 therefore the Scarlets and Hautboys fhould have but 

 three rows of plants in each bed, which ftiould be at 

 fifteen inches diftance, and the plants in the rows . 

 fhould be allowed the fame fpace from edich other, ^ 

 and the Chili Strawberry muft have but two rows of 

 plants in each bed, which ftiould alfo be two /eet 

 apart in the rows; for as thefe grow vefy'ftfong, if 

 they have not room to fpread, they will not be very 



fruitful. 



In chufing proper plants of any of the fdttsj 

 depends the whole fuccefs ; for if they are promif- 

 cuoufly taken from beds without care, great part of the 

 plants will become barren ; thefe are generally called 

 blind, which is when there are plenty of flowers, but 

 no fruit produced •, if thefe flowers are well examined, 

 they will be found to want the female organs of ge- 

 neration, moft of them abounding with ftamina, but 

 there are few, if any ftyles ; fo that it frcquendy hap- 

 pens among thefe barren plants, that fome of them 



will have a part of an imperfect fruit formed, which 



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