APPENDIX. 119 
APPENDIX E. 
From the “ Horticulturist,” August, 1854. By P. Barry, Editor. 
THE CULTIVATION OF THE STRAWBERRY. 
THE discussion of the Strawberry question, which 
has occupied the pages of agricultural and horticultural 
journals so largely for a few years past, has been the 
means, directly and indirectly, of advancing materially 
the cultivation of that fruit. We find ample evidence 
of this in the more abundant supply of our markets, 
and in the production of a large number of seedling 
varieties. Recent letters from correspondents in all 
parts of the country, as well as the reports of late 
exhibitions, all testify to the very general interest 
which is felt on the subject, and the progress that has 
been made. But, after all, we are constrained to say 
that our cultivation is yet very indifferent. The size and 
appearance of the great bulk of fruit offered in market, 
convince us of this. ‘Those who know how to culti- 
vate, are in many cases slovenly, or act upon the prin- 
ciple that good culture will not pay; while there are 
many who fail for want of correct information. We 
have now before us a large number of inquiries on the 
subject. One wants to know how to prepare the soil ; 
another, when to plant; and another, how to plant. 
Several correspondents who are well informed on the 
subject of cultivation, ask us to give them the names 
of the best perfect-flowering sorts, as they are tired of 
keeping separate the staminate and _pistillate varieties. 
We have therefore thought it might be well to offer 
a few hints which will serve as a general answer. 
