26 CULTIVATION. 
rain falls, so that very little watering is needed: some 
seasons are so wet that no water is needed until 
the bearing season is over, and then the plants do 
not particularly require it; but a drought will soon 
compel the strawberry to cease bearing in ordinary 
soils. The remedy or preventive is water, water, 
every day, and sometimes every night and morning. 
The evening, just at sundown, is the best time to 
water plants; and in some cases it is desirable that the 
water should have been exposed to the sun and air 
before being applied, but we do not think this is 
necessary for the strawberry. 
OU IE EN AvP ON. 
Most persons bestow, erroneously, most of their 
labor in raising strawberries on their cultivation. On 
the contrary, if our directions so far are strictly fol- 
lowed, the work is mostly done, except gathering the 
fruit. We have very little work to do in the way of 
cultivation after planting, except watering and occa- 
sional pulling of weeds which appear through the tan, 
and neither of these ordinarily requires much time or 
labor. They must be kept clean and in good order, 
but we are very careful not to allow the hoe to be used 
nearer than eight inches to any full-grown plant, and, 
