FRUITS 



crops. After it has ceased bearing the 

 second year, allow the runners to grow and 

 prepare a new bed; by the end of August 

 the runners will have become nice little 

 plants, which can be removed and planted 

 in the new bed. The old plants should then 

 be thrown out, the ground where they were, 

 well spaded and left to lie until Spring, 

 when it can be fertilized and used for vege- 

 tables. So long as the fruit continues to be 

 satisfactory this process can be continued, 

 but should the quality of the fruit dete- 

 riorate, a new stock of plants should be 

 procured from a nurseryman. 



There are more differences of opinion as 

 to the variety of strawberries preferred, than 

 in the case of any of the other fruits. 

 Many prefer the enormous berries to smaller 

 ones of finer flavor. The very large berries 

 are of firmer substance than many of the 

 smaller varieties, but seem to lose in flavor. 

 Nor can the cultivated varieties compare in 

 flavor with the little wild berries that one is 

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