APPENDIX. los 
On the 9th April, 1852, he says: 
“T have had strawberries on my table since the 
Ath January last, and at the present moment I have 
them in the greatest abundance, the average weight 
being one ounce, and about three inches in circumfer- 
ence: and this will continue without intermission until 
about the middle of August, when they will stop and 
throw out runners. 
Under date of 7th May, 1852, he writes: 
‘My Crescent Seedlings are still wonderfully pro- 
lific. I counted with a friend, a few days since, on 
numerous plants, thirty-three, thirty-five, thirty-six and 
thirty-seven berries. My ground is now red with fruit, 
not green with leaves.” 
On the fourth of August, in another letter, Mr. 
Lawrence says: 
“Tam extremely gratified to learn that you have 
at length succeeded in preserving six or eight of my 
seedlings. If, as you say, they are striking runners 
freely, you have nothing to fear: you will soon have 
enough to stock your garden, and besides, ample for 
sale. Should the weather prove dry, give them plenty 
of water in the evening, and as soon as the fruit 
sets, In a dry time, give them likewise plenty of water ; 
in a word, I presume you are fully aware, as a large 
grower of this delicious fruit, that no fruit supports 
as much moisture as the strawberry. My manner of 
cultivating the ‘Crescent Seedling’ is very simple. I 
give it all it requires to perfect its fruit, and check 
the luxuriance of the vine, by reducing our rich allu- 
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