APPENDIX. 97 
to almost any kind of soil. But the soil which I have 
found to suit them best, isa sandy loam. I would pre- 
fer new land for the beds, with a stream of water 
running through them, as water, being an indispensable 
requisite, should be in the vicinity. 
It is now well known throughout the Southern 
States that for many years I have cultivated the straw- 
berry extensively, and have had from my beds a con- 
stant succession of fruit six months in the year, and 
frequently have it ten. While I am now writing, 
(December 24,) one of my beds, of an acre, is loaded 
with ripe fruit, specimens of which I have sent to New 
Orleans, Montgomery, Savannah, Charleston, Mobile, 
and New York. This bed has scarcely produced a 
runner the past season. The causes of this will be 
found in my method of culture. I have said that I 
prefer a sandy soil and new land. My grounds are on 
what are called “piney woodlands,” hill and valley, 
with never-failing streams meandering through them. 
[ have taken the grounds bordering on the streams, 
ploughed them deep, and laid them off in rows, two 
feet apart, and planted as mdicated in the annexed 
diagram :— 
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