io8 FRUIT GROWING FOR AMATEURS 



A young Strawberry plant ready for 

 planting 



How to turn young Strawberry plants 



out of the pots in which they have 



been layered 



Strawberries. The 

 amateur would do 

 well to rely chiefly 

 upon this variety, 

 but he might with 

 great advantage 

 try a few other 

 sorts also. S i r 

 Joseph Paxton is 

 an old though 

 excellent Straw- 

 berry ; Waterloo 

 is a large, very 

 dark fruit ; Louis 

 Gauthier is nearly 

 white ;' Dr. Hogg 

 and Countess are 

 old varieties of 

 excellent flavour ; 

 Bedford C h a m- 

 pion is a large, 

 handsome fruit ; 

 and King George 

 is a good new 

 variety. 



Perpetual- 

 fruiting Straw- 

 berries. These 

 are strongly to be 

 recommended to 

 the amateur gar- 

 dener, for they 

 take up less room 

 than most of the 

 ordinary varieties, 

 and they bear 

 fruit from July 

 until autumn. 

 The plants need 

 only to be put 

 12 inches apart. 



