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SEEDLINGS. 
Since the introduction of Hovey’s Seedling, this 
department of strawberry culture has had new life and 
vigor infused into it, and has resulted in affording 
high gratification to those engaged in it, and proved 
of decided benefit to our country. 
This fruit is so soon and so easily raised from seed, 
that the process invites to a very attractive series of 
experiments. Almost any one can experiment in a 
small way ; and the person who shall produce a straw- 
_ berry of the size of Hovey’s Seedling, or of the size and 
productiveness of M‘Avoy’s Extra Red, combined 
with the exquisite flavor of Burr’s New Pine, will be 
a benefactor. 
Perhaps the easiest way is to select the largest ripe 
berries of the best class of pistillates, raised in close 
proximity to one of the best staminates, and crush 
them in a bed of pure sand, mix them, and let the seeds 
dry and ripen for two weeks or a month; then sow 
them in light soil, in a partially shaded spot in the 
garden, carefully water, and in winter protect them 
with a covering of straw; in spring transplant them, 
one plant in a place two feet apart; carefully remove 
all runners until the plants have borne; select the best 
