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for upon shallow, dry, and poor soils, they neither 

 produce such fine fruit, nor do the plants last as 

 long. In deep alluvial soils, this fruit attains a per- 

 fection seldom seen elsewhere." 



Cultivators generally approve of a soil of the above 

 description, and most of them recommend a situation 

 either naturally or artificially shaded. This is very 

 necessary here, under our July and August sun, that 

 the plants should be grown in a half shady position. 

 Some cultivators, with the view of obtaining large 

 fruit, cut away all the suckers, and also the young 

 wood ; by that means larger fruit is obtained, but 

 the plants are rendered useless for future bearing, 

 and are consequently destroyed, and fresh plantations 

 must be formed. 



STRAWBERRY. 



There are numerous varieties of this fruit, and 

 new sorts are constantly being produced in Europe, 

 as well as in our country. The late president 

 of the London Horticultural Society, of London, 

 Thomas Andrew Knight, had not less than four hun- 

 dred varieties of this fruit in his garden, almost all 

 of his own raising. Few plants multiply more 

 readily than the strawberry, either by suckers from 

 the main stem, or by runners, which extend to a 

 considerable length, and strike root at every joint, 

 from which a new plant springs. These, when 

 rooted, are separated from the parent, and -planted 

 out where they are to remain. They are also in- 



