IRISH GARDENING. 



Correspondence — continued. 



that were not Royal Sovereig-ns — a great loss, as I had to 

 pull them all up. I confess I do not understand the neces- 

 sit}- of doingf this, Royal Sovereig'ii being- a strawberry now 

 in cultivation for a g-reat number of years, though I have a 

 shrewd suspicion that the reason why nurserymen send 

 you rubbish in preference to Royal Sovereign may arise 

 from the fact that Royal Sovereigfn, being- a great bearer, 

 does not send out such a larg-e quantity of g-ood run- 

 ners as inferior strawberries, which have to do something- 

 for a living- ; they cannot bear fruit, and so send out rub- 

 bish runners. "A word to the wise" — You can always 

 tell Royal Sovereigns, as they have red stems to their 

 leaves and red runners. 



About Royal Sovereigns. — What a fruit this is — 

 g-iven a fine season and favourable conditions, and this is, 

 I think, the most delicious of all strawberries. I have 

 before me now a short, commercial report of the straw- 

 berry season in England, and I note that the}- come to 

 the same conclusion — that it is the most payable cropper, 

 and is in greater favour than ever in all the large 

 markets of the United King-dom. Leader does well 

 here, but in bad years is a very squashy fruit. 



Royal Sovereign should certainly be planted not under 

 two feet nine inches from row, twelve inches plant to 

 plant, from second week in August to third week in 

 September, taking out every other plant after second 

 year. Some plant nine inches apart first year. Royal 

 Sovereig-ns require this distance between rows, as 

 under favourable circumstances this strawberry is a 

 most vigorous g-rower, and by g;ettin_g a g-ood width 

 you can cultivate properly and add short manure from 

 time to time. March is the best month for this. 



People in urban or country house g-ardens often keep 

 strawberries in the same land for a number of years. 

 This is the g-reatest mistake. Four years' crop is enoug-h, 

 and afterwards that land should have at least two 

 years" resl. First vear after the strawberries, potatoes 



should be a g;ood crop. The reason 3-ou cannot plant 

 strawberries on the same land for a large number of 

 years oug-ht to be plain enoug-h ; but if it is not, consult 

 gfardening- papers. J. H. Miles. 



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