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A SHORT EXPERIENCE IN RAISING STRAWBERRIES. 



they require no staking, and, considering 

 their height, produce well. The White 

 Marrow has a fine large pod, but is not so 

 productive as other kinds, and too tall for 

 general cultivation. "Blue Imperial" is 

 preferred by many to the "Blue Prussian;" 

 the pods being larger, and more " likely 

 looking," in a marketable point of view. 

 I prefer the Blue Prussian, as being more 

 productive. 



For succeeding crops, I should sow with 

 Prince Albert, Early May, Blue Prussian, 

 and Banksian Marrow or New Mammoth. 

 Each one of these will come in for use im- 

 mediately as each one before it is done. 



Some peas are better adapted for stand- 

 ing the heat and drouth of our summers 

 than others. J have noticed this particu- 

 larly with the " Dwarf Sugar," which I con- 

 sider a first rate pea for a late spring sow- 

 ing. The pod has a very shrivelled ap- 

 pearance; but it produces well, and is not 

 more than two feet high. 



If you think such observations and expe- 

 rience of service to some of the readers of 

 the "Horticulturist,"! should have much 

 pleasure in offering others, on other things, 

 at some other opportunity. 



Thos. Meehan, 

 Rosedale, Kingsessing, Philadelphia- 



A SHORT EXPERIENCE IN RAISING STRAWBERRIES. 



BY WM. S. FULLERTON, NEWBURGH, N. Y. 



One of our neighbors — who is an enthu- 

 siastic amateur, though he is only able to 

 devote to his garden now and then an hour, 

 snatched from the duties of his profession, — 

 succeeded this season in producing the 

 most magnificent strawberries, both as re- 

 gards size, abundant crop, and excellence 

 of flavor, ever seen in this vicinity — though 

 it abounds in good gardens. He did this, 

 too, even allowing the plants to cover the 

 whole bed — by which, though gaining in 

 total product, he must necessarily have lost 

 in the size of the berries. He has, at our 

 request, written out his practice for our 

 readers. We may add that his soil is a 

 strong loam, and that he used at least four 

 times as much manure as is usually em- 

 ployed in preparing strawberry beds. — Ed. 



Dear Sir — I take great pleasure in an- 

 swering your inquiries as to my method in 

 cultivating strawberries. 



In the spring of 1846 one of my neigh- 

 bors presented me with a half dozen straw- 



berry plants of the Hovey Seedling variety, 

 and with these commenced my experience 

 in that department of horticulture. I had 

 a small piece of ground in my garden, 

 twenty-four by twenty feet, which I design- 

 ed for my bed, and I immediately set about 

 preparing it, having in the meantime set 

 my plants in a temporary spot for the pur- 

 pose of increasing their number the first 

 season, intending to take a year to prepare 

 my ground. My manner of doing it was 

 as follows : In the first place I gave the 

 ground a most thorough trenching two feet 

 deep, throwing the yellow loam entirely on 

 the surface, and burying the soil, at the 

 same time manuring most bountifully with 

 good horse manure. I then let the ground 

 lie in that condition exposed to the weather 

 about six weeks, and then dug it over again 

 to the same depth, mixing the whole mass 

 thoroughly and again manuring it, using 

 this time an excellent sort of poudrette, 

 which I applied plentifully. The ground 



