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second, and after the third year he dc- After-Culture. — " Remove all runners 



stroyed the plantation. Those called not required for planting as often as 



Pine Stra\vi)erries, such as the Old they appear, for their growth at first is 



Pine, Keene's Seedling, Elton, &c., at the evpense of the parent, and the 



will bear well in the same situation for 

 many years, if properly managed. 



" That scarlets are best when the 

 plantations are frequently renewed, is 

 generally admitted ; and there are some 



more beds are matted with plants, the 

 more these will draw the moisture out 

 of the soil. 



" What would be just sufficient for 

 supplying the evaporation of a moderate 



large varieties winch appear to have quantity of plants, would be completely 



more or less of the Chili in their con- 

 stitution, as jMyatt's Seedlings, which 

 require that runners be early establish- 

 ed, for bearing in the following season, 

 as the old plants are apt to die off. As 

 fruit can be obtained earlier in the sea- 

 son from plants that have not previously 

 borne, it is advisable to renew some 

 portion every year; but the propriety 

 of annually destroying the whole, de- 

 pends very much on circumstances, and 

 therefore the method cannot be recom- 

 mended except in particular cases." — 

 Card. Cliron. 



The surface of the soil should be co- 

 vered with straw, or the mowings ol 



exhausted by an excessive number. 

 Stirring the soil so as not to injure the 

 roots, mulching with grass or litter, or 

 paving with flat tiles or small round 

 pebbles and occasional waterings, are 

 the best means to adopt. 



" In thin soil the plantations will re- 

 quire to be more frequently renewed 

 than where it is deeper, and of a more 

 substantial quality." — Card. Ctiron. 



The spade should never be permitted 

 to enter among strawberries, except to 

 dig them up when a bed is to be de- 

 stroyed ; the hoe, or at the most point- 

 ing with a three-pronged fork, is all the 

 surface-stirring required, if the beds 



grass-plots, during the bearing season, were well trenched when made, ajid 

 to preserve moisture to the roots of the , have not been trampled upon. 



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plants, and to keep the fruit from being 

 dirt-splashed. 



To promote an early produce of fruit, 

 it is also suggested by Mr. G. L. Smartt, 

 of Enfield, — that " there should be fixed 

 on each side of the rows of strawber- 

 ries, just before they come into blossom, 

 feather-edged boards, at an angle of 50'" 

 or 00'^. This may be effected by nail- 

 ing two narrow slips of wood to each 

 board, and pushing them into the ground 



Late Crops. — To obtain these of the 

 Alpine, it is correctly recommended to 

 sow the seed in pans, and place in a 

 hot-bed about February, or not later 

 than the first week in RIarch. " When 

 the plants are hardied off, plant out in 

 good time in May; they will bear a 

 plentiful crop in August and September 

 following, and continue to bear until 

 stopped by the frost. The same plants 

 will also bear earlier than the large 



The boards should be painted black, sorts, and continue on until the crop 

 This plan makes two or three weeks raised from seed (as above) succeed, 

 difference in the ripening of the fruit ; \ when they can be thrown away. Large 

 but glass or an oiled paper frame being stones, or tiles, or slates, placed be- 

 placed on the top, makes a greater dif- , tween the plants, will keep the roots 

 fercnce still, and prevents any of the , moist through the summer months, and 

 fruit from being trod upon, or eaten by . ripen the fruit. Seed should always be 

 vermin. This plan at first sight may saved from the finest fruit; to get them 

 appear to be an expensive one, but it is large and plentiful, waterings (w ith now 

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not so; any old boards will answer the 

 purpose. I have bought old feather- 

 edgod boards at one half-penny per 

 foot ; and as they are only used in sum- 

 mer, they last for many years. The 

 expense is saved in the first year; for 

 the wood, although painted on each 



and then manure water) will improve 

 the size of the fruit."— Garrf. Cliron. 



To obtain late crops of other straw- 

 berries, as of the Keene's Seedling, 

 Mr. W. Godwin recommends — " plants 

 which were early in spring to be plant- 

 ed out into a rich border, to remain 



side with a coat of invisible green, costs until the last week of September, when 

 only about three-halfpence the foot, they will throw up very strong spikes 

 while the increase of fruit in quantity, of flowers ; take up and pot in the same 

 as well as in quality, quite compen- , soil in which they were growing, and 

 sates for the outlay." — Card. Chron. \ place in a pine frame. They will bear 



