APPENDIX. 125 
We have thus briefly sketched the principal opera- 
tions in strawberry culture; not in regular order, it is 
true, but we hope so as to be understood. We are not 
writing a book, and cannot enter into all the details 
with minuteness. We have said nothing of the soil, 
and will only remark that any good garden soil fit to 
produce culinary vegetables, or any good farm land fit 
for grain or root crops, will produce good strawberries ; 
but it must be deeply ploughed, or trenched, say twenty 
inches at least, and liberally manured with well-decom- 
posed stable manure or a good compost. The quantity 
of manure must vary according to the degree of natural 
fertility of the soil. In one case, a quantity equal to 
six Inches deep all over the surface would not be too 
much ; while in-other cases, half that would be enough. 
We would prefer not to make a strawberry planta- 
tion twice on the same ground; but when circumstances 
render it inconvenient to change, rows of young plants 
might be set, or allowed to establish themselves from 
the runners, between the old rows, which can then be 
turned under with the spade, and will serve to enrich 
the ground. 
Now as to varieties. On this point there is room for 
a great diversity of opinion, and we cannot hope to 
name a list that will be acceptable to a very large num- 
ber of persons, at least in many parts of the country. 
Planters must have recourse to the best experience to 
be found in their respective localities; in the meantime 
we shall express our opinion of a few varieties, and let 
it go for what it is worth. 
It happens that in this country the greater number 
of our most productive varieties have but one set of the 
